With 12 colour receptors, the mantis shrimp seems visually unmatched. But studies reveal that their visual system likely ...

How does the brain create mental images? A new study reveals that visual imagination and perception share a common neural code.

In A Nutshell Scientists used a high-powered MRI scanner to show the brain may process brief durations through three distinct ...

A scientific dispute spanning six decades about fundamental mechanisms of visual perception in mammals has now been settled.

The European Stroke Organization issued its first recommendations on the management of visual and visual perceptual disorders after stroke, calling for systematic early screening and wider ...

While scientists have known for years that psychedelic drugs can strongly alter perception, the exact brain mechanisms behind these changes are still not well understood. In a recent study published ...

For decades, scientists assumed that sophisticated visual abilities were largely unique to mammals. They believed that only large, folded cerebral cortices could reliably detect and interpret ...

Scientists at EPFL have developed an innovative, non-invasive brain stimulation therapy to significantly improve visual function in stroke patients who have suffered vision loss following a stroke.

Sounds can alter the way the brain interprets what it sees. This is the key finding of a new study by SISSA researchers in Trieste, published in PLOS Computational Biology. The research shows that, ...