A recent study conducted by researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany) reveals insights into the functioning of the visual cortex of macaques. The findings, published in Cell Reports, ...

Tests using blurred objects and hidden numbers may help detect subtle visual-processing problems in Lewy body disease.

Eye contact and body language are critical in social interaction, but exactly how the brain uses this information in order to inform behavior in real time is not well understood. By combining ...

When you see a bag of carrots at the grocery store, does your mind go to potatoes and parsnips or buffalo wings and celery? It depends, of course, on whether you're making a hearty winter stew or ...

Have you ever seen something that doesn’t quite add up? Maybe a shape in the dark resembles a face, or an orange momentarily looks like an apple. Scientists now have a new idea about how different ...

A key aim of Pieter Roelfsema’s research is to develop a device to restore rudimentary eyesight to people whose optic nerve has died. An applied goal of Pieter Roelfsema’s lab at the Netherlands ...