Our ability to see starts with the light-sensitive photoreceptor cells in our eyes. A specific region of the retina, termed fovea, is responsible for sharp vision. Here, the color-sensitive cone ...

Humans have a fascinating ability to recreate events in the mind’s eye, in exquisite detail. Over 50 years ago, Donald Hebb and Ulrich Neisser, the forefathers of cognitive psychology, theorised that ...

The eyes may reveal how experiences are recalled according to new Baycrest research that suggests that shifts in eye movements play a critical role in memory retrieval. The findings offer new insight ...

Share on Pinterest What explains rapid eye movements during sleep? Researchers may be getting closer to an answer. Image credit: Alexandr Ivanets/Stocksy. When animals change their head direction as ...

Your eyes may reveal more than you think. True Touch Lifestyle/Shutterstock For most of human history if you wanted to know what was going on behind someone’s eyes you had to make your best guess. But ...

We thus wondered whether eye movements may also indicate cognitive challenges during listening, that is, listening effort. "Moreover, research investigating the auditory cortex in animals—that is, the ...