How sharp is your attention to detail? Solve this optical illusion to check how quickly and accurately your brain processes ...

A study has found that left-handed athletes are disproportionately represented in the top ranks of fencing and table tennis, not solely because they are unfamiliar to opponents. Researchers suggest ...

A single phototransistor mimics retinal bipolar cell function while detecting visible and infrared light, enabling low-power ...

Stretching your ability to focus is good for the brain. Paying close attention like that encourages the brain to pump more acetylcholine (a brain chemical important for learning, attention, and memory ...

How we focus our attention before we even see an object matters. For example, when we look for something moving in the sky, ...

A new study shows that our brain’s attention system first prepares broadly, then zooms in on specific details within ...

A new study suggests that attractive people are generally liked more—but not when they’re critical of others. Researchers ...

The brain divides vision between its two hemispheres-what's on your left is processed by your right hemisphere and vice versa-but your experience with every bike or bird that you see zipping by is ...

A new study reveals how the brain unifies vision across its two hemispheres when objects cross the field of view.

Researchers examined a girl with exceptional memory recall. Her case could transform understanding of how we relive the past ...

As an object moves across your field of view, the brain seamlessly hands off visual processing from one hemisphere to the ...