Stare at two clusters of dots for 30 seconds. Then look at two identical groups of dots side by side. The group on the side you were staring at will look like it has fewer dots - even though both ...

A new optical illusion excellently illustrates just how finicky our eyes are when it comes to perceiving colors.

How does the brain see the "big picture"? A new study reveals that the primary visual cortex (V1) calculates statistical ...

When animals move through complex visual environments, the brain cannot afford to analyze every detail one by one. Instead, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visualization of 75,000 neurons (colored dots) active across the brain of an adult mouse across different stages of a ...