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Blind people may use their visual cortex to regulate movement

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The brain’s visual cortex may be reorganised to control movement in people who cannot see Health 16 March 2022 By Jason Arunn Murugesu Stock image of a blind person walking with a stick Shutterstock / PH888 The visual cortex, the part of the brain that receives information from the eyes, has been known to respond … Read more

Optical illusions: Guppy fish can see visual effects – but not in the same way we do

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The way guppy fish behave suggests they can be tricked into believing holes are larger or smaller than they really are – but they don’t always interpret the optical illusions in the same way humans do Life 23 February 2022 By Christa Lesté-Lasserre Two male guppies (Poecilia reticulata) BIOSPHOTO / Alamy Guppies can be fooled … Read more

Our Brains Keep Us 15 Seconds ‘in The Past’ to Help Us See a Stable World, Says Study

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Our eyes are continuously bombarded by an enormous amount of visual information – millions of shapes, colors, and ever-changing motion all around us. For the brain, this is no easy feat.   On the one hand, the visual world alters continuously because of changes in light, viewpoint, and other factors. On the other, our visual … Read more