A Korean study found distinct brain network differences in depressed individuals who attempted suicide, suggesting altered ...

Newborns track faces from birth. But what happens when screens replace human eyes? The answer may shape how the next ...

The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are intensely curious about how it happens.

Your ability to notice what matters visually comes from an ancient brain system over 500 million years old.

Every illusion has a backstage crew. New research shows the brain’s own “puppet strings”—special neurons that quietly tug our perception—help us see edges and shapes that don’t actually exist. When ...

Introduction: Age-related decline in visual processing has been observed in association with reduced orientation selectivity and decreased signal-to-noise ratios in the primary visual cortex (V1).

During postnatal development of the visual cortex between eye-opening to puberty, visual experience promotes a gradual increase in the strength of inhibitory synaptic connections from ...