Your eyes might be the window to your future brain health, and what researchers are discovering could change how we detect Alzheimer’s disease forever. Long before memory problems become noticeable, ...

Recent studies hint that subtle shifts in the peripheral retina could flag Alzheimer’s disease years before brain damage or memory woes surface. This non-invasive eye window into neurodegeneration ...

Research reveals how close human vision comes to sensing the smallest possible unit of light. Here’s why that matters for perception.

A new study provides the best evidence to date that the connection patterns between various parts of the human brain can tell scientists the specialized functions of each region. Previous research has ...

The authors suggest that these results highlight the sophisticated connection between vision and language in the human brain. The authors add, "Our findings reveal that the brain's ability to store ...

The brain and eyes share a complex connection through the optic nerve, which is a bundle of nerve fibres that sends electrical signals from light-sensitive cells in the retina to the visual cortex in ...

There’s a lot to love about brains. They are arguably the most complex organ in the entire human body. 86 billion neurons send electrical and chemical signals back and forth within your brain to ...