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.

Neuroscientists reveal that the part of the brain that receives and processes visual information in sighted people develops a unique connectivity pattern in people born blind. They say this pattern in ...

Vision shapes behavior and, a new study by MIT neuroscientists finds, behavior and internal states shape vision. The research, published Nov. 25 in Neuron, finds in mice that via specific circuits, ...

Neuroscientists have discovered how the brain distinguishes between visual motion occurring in the external world from that caused by the observer moving through it. Known as the 'motion-source ...

People born without sight apparently process math in their visual cortex. The findings come from a newly published Johns Hopkins study, and add support to the idea that when it comes to "nature versus ...

People with aphantasia—individuals who report experiencing no visual imagery at all—also showed reduced activation of the brain's visual cortex in response to sounds, according to a new study. The ...