Optical illusions are great at testing your visual perception and seeing how your brain interprets visual context, subtle ...

It was once believed that mice had relatively poor vision. Turns out mice are far from blind – and studying how their vision ...

An optical illusion is a visual phenomenon where our perception of thinking about an image differs from objective reality.

An optical illusion is a visual phenomenon where the brain misinterprets what the eyes perceive, creating a false or ...

New artificial intelligence-generated images that appear to be one thing, but something else entirely when rotated, are helping scientists test the human mind. The work by Johns Hopkins University ...

New ultra–high-field brain scans reveal hidden body maps inside the visual system, showing how the brain weaves sight and touch together to build a unified sense of perception. Study: Vicarious body ...

One scientist calls them “everyday hallucinations” to describe experiences like believing you hear your name called while you’re in the shower. Humans may have evolved a “selective advantage” to the ...

People have a lot of misconceptions about what the brain's left and right hemispheres do, but one well-known aspect of this division may be even more true than people realize: The brain not only ...

A new study led by scientists at the Perception Dynamics Institute and the University of California San Diego demonstrates ...

Aaron Seitz, professor of psychology and director of the Brain Game Center for Mental Fitness and Well-being at Northeastern University, told The Washington Post that when ...