Shifting focus on a visual scene without moving our eyes — think driving, or reading a room for the reaction to your joke — is a behavior known as covert ...

Learn how brain recordings reveal a distinct state in which conscious awareness briefly drops out — even while people remain ...

New research following children for more than a decade links high screen exposure before age two to accelerated brain maturation, slower decision-making, and increased anxiety by adolescence.

When we watch someone move, get injured, or express emotion, our brain doesn’t just see it—it partially feels it. Researchers ...

The 1950s were a relatively rudimentary era for experimental neurophysiology. Recording the electrical activity of neurons wasn’t uncommon, but the methods often demanded considerable patience and ...

Optical illusions are great at testing your visual perception and seeing how your brain interprets visual context, subtle differences, and visual-spatial relationships between objects. These illusion ...

Scientists developed two new sensors that can detect brain cell communication in real time, tracking chemical messages ...