Uncomfortable sight from an ancient reflex of the eye Reflexive system of the human eye also produces a conscious visual experience that may be related to excessive light sensitivity Date: October 31, ...

Does watching someone else relieve a nagging itch spark the same impulse in you? A study in mice suggests contagious itching may have evolved as a reflex to protect animals from threats. Now, Chen and ...

When visual information enters the brain, it travels through two pathways that process different aspects of the input. For decades, scientists have hypothesized that one of these pathways, the ventral ...

The keen practitioner can gain helpful information simply by assessing pupillary responses. The pupils will offer substantial insight into one’s ocular health and the state of the visual pathways ...

UC Santa Barbara neuroscientists have reconstructed the entire anterior visual pathway of a fruit fly, a complex series of neural connections between the insect’s eyes and the navigation center of its ...

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Researchers are reporting progress in understanding whether a second light-sensing pathway in mammals indeed contributes to the detection of ambient light for controlling body functions. In an article ...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center-led research reveals subtle changes in the visual pathways of individuals with chronic mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), even when standard eye examinations show ...

A pathway that can reroute visual information and potentially prevent blindness has been discovered by scientists. Researchers at Monash University in Australia have found that areas of the brain ...

What do bigger pupils and wide-eyed amazement have in common? Wider pupil diameter increases visual sensitivity, which in turn increases the odds of having a "Wow!" moment while witnessing something ...