Is someone looking at you or are you just imagining things? A neuroscientist explains.
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How does your brain deal with the ambiguous and variable visual information your eyes collect? Neuroscientists think it bets on what’s the most likely version of reality.
Lasers are getting smaller, cheaper and better. It’s time we were far more careful with them.
Sure, your eyes are crucial for seeing the world around you. But it’s your brain that does the really hard vision work.
Myopia, or short-sightedness, is a condition in which distant objects appear blurred, but closer objects can usually be seen in sharp focus.
Here’s how you can learn to see the normally hidden effects of polarised light that some animals use for navigation.
From brain health to to diabetes – you can tell a lot from the eye.
The reverse-wiring of the eyeball has long been a mystery, but new research shows a remarkable structural purpose: increasing and sharpening our colour vision.
This time of year is synonymous with going back to school and often a reminder for parents to take their children to the dentist. It’s also a perfect time to undergo a check on eyes and vision, but few…
Eyes and wings are among the most stunning innovations evolution has created. Remarkably these features have evolved multiple times in different lineages of animals. For instance, the avian ancestors of…
A new layer of the cornea in the eye has been discovered by scientists in the United Kingdom. The cornea is the protective…
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