Talking while driving is widely recognized as a major source of distraction, but the specific ways conversation interferes ...

Your eyes might be giving away secrets about your brain’s future that you don’t even know yet. Researchers have discovered that specific eye movement patterns can predict Alzheimer’s disease ...

Roger Johansson was funded by the Swedish Research Council grant no. 2015-01206 Mikael Johansson was funded by the Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation award MAW2015.0043. It could help research in ...

EMDR is a psychotherapy technique designed to relieve the distress associated with disturbing memories. Short for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, it involves recalling a specific ...

Share on Pinterest What explains rapid eye movements during sleep? Researchers may be getting closer to an answer. Image credit: Alexandr Ivanets/Stocksy. When animals change their head direction as ...

Our ability to see starts with the light-sensitive photoreceptor cells in our eyes. A specific region of the retina, termed fovea, is responsible for sharp vision. Here, the color-sensitive cone ...

Ever had one of those days when your brain feels like it’s running on fumes? Your thoughts are foggy, your concentration is shot, and your mind keeps spinning in unproductive circles. Traditional ...

Szonya Durant works for Royal Holloway, University of London and consults for Paravizion Ltd. She received funding from the EPSRC and the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research. For most of human ...

Rapid side-to-side eye movements can help stabilize posture, avoid falls and maintain balance for people with Parkinson’s disease, just as they can for healthy people. This seemingly counterintuitive ...

Staring into the eyes of Mona Lisa is unnerving. Regardless of your vantage point, Mona Lisa appears to shift her gaze to make eye contact and stare you down. What nonverbal cues do the movements of ...