Individuals battling major depressive episodes were found to have abnormal visual processing, according to a Finnish study suggesting the altered perception involves changes in the cerebral cortex.

Patients with autism may have altered visual processing, which could serve as an objective, nonverbal neural marker of the disorder, new research suggests. Using electroencephalography (EEG), ...

New research reveals brain circuits follow daily schedules for memory formation, with specific hours offering advantages for ...

Blindsight describes the phenomenon whereby individuals with damage to the primary visual cortex (V1) retain certain visually guided behaviours despite an absence of conscious visual perception. In ...

Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have defined a crucial window of time that mice need to key in on visual events. As the brain processes visual information, an evolutionarily conserved ...

Our hands do more than just hold objects. They also facilitate the processing of visual stimuli. When you move your hands, your brain first perceives and interprets sensory information, then it ...

Sounds can alter the way the brain interprets what it sees. This is the key finding of a new study by SISSA researchers in ...

Blindness profoundly affects people's lives. Around the world, several laboratories, including the Biomedical ...

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Most people have been looking at eye charts at the optometrist for as long as they can remember. Most kids have their first eye exam as early as 6 months old. This ...

If you’ve always wanted to learn piano, but thought you were too old to learn, think again. Not only can you pick up a new tune after a few lessons, but a new study showed that just an hour of piano ...