Neuroscientists have been trying to understand how the brain processes visual information for over a century. The development ...

Optical illusions are like mini brain tests that are designed to challenge your perception, observation, and visual ...

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 ...

The occipital lobe is the brain's essential visual processing centre, responsible for interpreting everything we see ...

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 ...