A single clear image can rewire the visual brain, making later recognition faster without relying on memory systems.

Learn how our brains store images that help us achieve flashes of insight when looking at seemingly incomprehensible visual tests.

Whether we're staring at our phones, the page of a book, or the person across the table, the objects of our focus never stand in isolation; there are always other objects or people in our field of ...

New research shows how psychedelics alter visual processing and boost memory-linked brain circuits to generate hallucinations, revealing mechanisms with therapeutic implications.

A patient with complete blindness caused by irreversible optic nerve damage partially recovered natural vision after ...

Psychedelics can quiet the brain’s visual input system, pushing it to replace missing details with vivid fragments from ...

The 1950s were a relatively rudimentary era for experimental neurophysiology. Recording the electrical activity of neurons wasn’t uncommon, but the methods often demanded considerable patience and ...