Motion created by eye movements helps the brain judge distance and movement in 3D space, offering new insights into how stable vision works.

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A simple look out the window reveals how impressive our brain is. Outside, the wind moves the leaves, a car drives by and a person, half in the shade, waves at us. We quickly recognize the ...

We have found a neural correlate of the global implied motion percept in the dorsal stream of the macaque visual cortex. While the monkeys fixated the centre of a screen, we recorded from cells in the ...

In 350 BC, Aristotle reported seeing illusory movement after staring at a constantly moving stimulus. Later coined the "waterfall illusion," scientists are still investigating the properties of motion ...

The brain has an astonishing capacity to detect patterns in the world. So much so, that it will often create patterns where none exist. Pareidolia is the tendency to see familiar shapes in random ...