A new research lab, sponsored by Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, will soon open to help scientists learn more about cognition, language, and perception ...

When an animal takes notice of an approaching figure, it needs to determine what it is, and quickly. In nature, competition and survival dictate that it’s better to think fast—that is, for the brain ...

Meike Scheller's work has been carried out at the University of Bath with support from the University, the British Academy, and the NIHR. Many new, cutting-edge developments that “cure blindness” ...

Our survival depends upon our ability to observe the world around us accurately and reliably. Disturbances in visual perception occur in a range of psychiatric and neurodevelopmental diseases, ...

Memory problems have long been considered the primary hallmark of dementia, but a team of researchers is now challenging this view. They argue that changes in sensory perception – from vision to ...

Sensory overload is often about uncertainty and how long the brain has to stay engaged—especially in autism and ADHD.

Migraine auras manifest differently, with visual disturbances being the most common, followed by sensory experiences; language difficulties and motor, retinal, or brainstem auras are less frequent.

A significant amount of research and development has gone into creating sophisticated prosthetic limbs and learning how to effectively control them. But a major challenge for controlling a prosthetic ...