Cells called astrocytes are about as abundant in the brain as neurons, but scientists have spent much less time figuring out ...

MIT researchers found that astrocytes regulate ambient GABA via Gat3 to support coordinated neural activity in the visual ...

Do you think you have what it takes to find the fox? Let's see! If you solve this optical illusion in the given time limit, ...

Shading brings 3D forms to life, beautifully carving out the shape of objects around us. Despite the importance of shading ...

A new fMRI study found that adults with autism and neurotypical individuals process images of body parts similarly in the ...

Researchers have uncovered how primate brains transform flat, 2D visual inputs into rich, 3D mental representations of objects.

New research reveals how early-life blurry, low-color vision may help shape the brain’s visual pathways into specialized systems.

As per science, optical illusions are put into three main types: Literal illusions: They happen when multiple similar images ...

This optical illusion confuses the brain, revealing how perception works and misfires. It also shows links between visual ...

Why you can’t find your keys even when they’re in plain sight: study reveals the brain’s hidden attention rhythm.

In adults, three key areas of the brain are known to respond specifically to faces. These include the fusiform face area (FFA), the superior temporal sulcus (STS), and the medial prefrontal cortex ...

Recent research shows that your brain doesn't pay attention in one smooth stream-instead, it switches focus in quick bursts, about 8 times per second.