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

Discover why hills look steeper than they are and how eye height and gaze angle shape everyday visual perception. (CREDIT: Getty Images) People rarely notice how their eyes shape their sense of the ...

Scientists have created an advanced visual neuroprosthesis that communicates bidirectionally with the brain, marking one of ...

To what extent has Earth's gravity shaped our cognitive and brain functions? Utilizing spaceflight and a ground-based analog, a new study shows that the human brain relies on bodily gravitational ...

A running controversy among scientists studying visual perception centers on the neural basis for our powers to pick out figure from background. Look, for instance, at Edgar Rubin's famous image at ...

People rarely notice how their eyes shape their sense of the world, yet new research shows just how powerful this effect can be. A study from Ohio researchers reveals that even small changes in the ...

Experimental design (a) and results for the space experiment (b) and the ground-based control experiments (c & d). BMIE: the normalized BM inversion effect; BMUpr & BMInv: task performances for the ...