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

Timothy Vickery, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at the University of Delaware. The cognitive neuroscientist is primarily interested in visual ...

Perceptual learning and visual cognition constitute an interdisciplinary field that investigates the brain’s remarkable capacity to refine visual processing through experience. By examining how ...

New research shows that the superior colliculus, a primitive brain region, can independently interpret visual information.

Traditionally, perception and cognition have been considered distinct domains of psychological science. Perception was understood to be the raw data collector—our sensory touchpoint with the external ...

Maryam Vaziri-Pashkam, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Delaware. She is a cognitive neuroscientist interested in the ...

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

Scientists have shown that brain connectivity patterns can predict mental functions across the entire brain. Each region has ...

A new analysis of the brain’s intrinsic communication networks suggests a layered organization behind human intelligence. The ...

A visual puzzle challenges you to find a hidden inverted \"52\" among numerous inverted \"25\"s within an 8-second time limit. This brain teaser tests you ...

Test your sharp eyes and quick mind with a fun optical illusion challenge! Most numbers appear identical, but one is an 'inverted 45'. Spotting this h ...