For decades, scientists have searched for a safe way to reach deep parts of the human brain without cutting into the skull. That goal now feels closer.

A single clear image can rewire the visual brain, making later recognition faster without relying on memory systems.

We see not just with our eyes, but with our brains. A mosaic of specialized areas in a brain region known as the visual ...

Imagine a ball bouncing down a flight of stairs. Now think about a cascade of water flowing down those same stairs. The ball and the water behave very differently, and it turns out that your brain has ...

Visual auras, like those that occur in migraines, may be signs of small injuries to the brain’s visual cortex, according to a clinical trial at UC San Francisco that tracked the appearance of these ...

New research shows how psychedelics alter visual processing and boost memory-linked brain circuits to generate hallucinations, revealing mechanisms with therapeutic implications.

Brain scans and signals show babies can sort images and sense rhythm, offering new insight into how infant brains are wired from the start.