A scientific dispute spanning six decades about fundamental mechanisms of visual perception in mammals has now been settled.

Imagination is one of the most powerful things our brains can do. We can relive past events while taking a walk, rehearse ...

Motion perception plays a fundamental role in our daily visual experience; it is critical for computing the speed and direction of moving objects and controlling our own body and eye movements. Motion ...

Only later did I understand the real question was about perception, how distance changes what a society looks like from ...

A popular theory in neuroscience called predictive coding proposes that the brain produces all the time expectations that are compared with incoming information. Errors arising from differences ...

The team behind the study created what might be the most accurate mathematical representation of photoreception ever.

We hear it all the time, in the business world, in the political arena, in marriages, anytime there is a disagreement or conflict: “Perception is reality.” This aphorism is often used to justify a ...