Generally speaking, visual attention is a mechanism (or group of mechanisms) that selectively filters visual information and serves the purpose of helping an organism perform actions, such as ...

Recent investigations in vision science have revealed that eye movements play an active role beyond the mere stabilization of retinal images. Instead of serving a passive function, subtle ocular ...

Neuroscientists have artificially increased neuronal activity in part of the brain by briefly shining light on genetically modified neurons. They saw that this manipulation selectively enhanced ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD Eye-tracking experiments reveal a curious contradiction: people tend to avoid looking at spiders when other creatures are present, yet striking features such as large eyes, ...

Patterns of gaze and attention can reveal how some people unconsciously figure out how to master a task, MIT researchers have shown.

An overview of attention detection using EEG signals, which includes six steps: an experimental paradigm design, in which the task and the stimuli are defined and presented to the subjects; EEG data ...