Our eyes alone do not provide us with a continuous and stable view of the world. They jump several times each second in rapid movements called saccades. Because the eye projects the world onto the ...

A series of recent brain-imaging studies has begun to explain a central mystery of the psychedelic experience: why people on psilocybin report that memories seem to blend with what they are actually ...

Inside the Visual Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory at ASU, researchers investigate how the brain turns sensory signals into meaningful perception. Led by Professor Gi-Yeul Bae at the Department of ...

A new study in expert birders suggests that becoming an expert in a given field could help slow down cognitive decline.

For many people, birdwatching starts as a quiet outdoor hobby. A pair of binoculars, a walk through a wooded trail or neighborhood park, and the simple challenge of spotting different species can turn ...

For decades, scientists have mapped attention, memory, language, and reasoning to separate brain networks — yet one big mystery remained: why does the mind feel like a single, unified system?

New research from Dartmouth College shows that hearing about others’ experiences can change how people feel pain, effort, and ...

Perceiving whether another person is a personal health risk requires quickly assessing their trustworthiness. With limited characteristics available, implicit assumptions often influence risk ...