The 36-year-old actor says he never saw spy heroes who looked like him. Now, he's the face of Peacock's new espionage ...

The more you seek validation, the more fragile you may become. There's a deeper need that validation can never satisfy—here's ...

What is an Optical Illusion? An optical illusion is a visual phenomenon where the brain misinterprets what the eyes see.

New ultra–high-field brain scans reveal hidden body maps inside the visual system, showing how the brain weaves sight and touch together to build a unified sense of perception. Study: Vicarious body ...

The Multisensory Correlation Detector (MCD) population model consists of elementary computational units (left), each of which responds to audiovisual transients (that is, changes in the input) that ...

For over a century, neuroscientists have searched for the physical trace of memory, the elusive “engram,” or neural pattern believed to encode experiences in the brain. Now, researchers may have ...

From shifting lines to impossible shapes, optical illusions reveal how easily our brains can be deceived. This documentary explains the science behind illusions and what they uncover about human ...

What makes a robot truly intelligent? Is it the ability to solve complex equations in milliseconds or something more human-like—such as recognizing a misplaced object in a cluttered room or adapting ...

The Best Illusion of the Year contest offers researchers, and participants, an opportunity to explore the gaps and limits of human perception. By Katrina Miller Take a look at this video of a waiting ...

Researchers have developed a novel framework named WildFusion that fuses vision, vibration and touch to enable robots to 'sense' and navigate complex outdoor environments much like humans do. The ...

The intersection between architecture and neuroscience—known as neuroarchitecture—is emerging as an innovative field, highlighting the significant influence of design, whether in urban spaces or ...

Using direct, intracranial brain recordings in humans, a new study finds that the thalamus, a small region located deep within the brain, plays a pivotal role in conscious perception. According to the ...