Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. This story also starts a series ...

New research shows that the superior colliculus, a primitive brain region, can independently interpret visual information. This challenges long-held beliefs that only the cortex handles such complex ...

A visual evoked potential (VEP) test is one test that a doctor may use to diagnose multiple sclerosis and monitor disease treatment and progression. Your brain and spinal cord make up your central ...

Every day, various types of sensory information fromthe external environment are transferred to the brainthrough different modalities and then processed to generate a series of coping behaviors. Among ...

How do you study a blood cell if you can’t see it? You feel it, using a device that translates scientific data into tactile information. “We want to help people that are blind or visually impaired and ...

Researchers use optical illusions to understand how humans see and process visual information. When we see something, our eyes send the visual cues to the brain for it to process and perceive what you ...

The visual system is the part of the central nervous system that is required for visual perception – receiving, processing and interpreting visual information to build a representation of the visual ...