Understanding that others hold different viewpoints from your own is essential for human sociality. Adopting another person's visual perspective is a complex skill that emerges around the age of two.

An optical illusion is a visual phenomenon where the brain misinterprets what the eyes perceive, creating a false or ...

When you recall specific "when, where, and, who" details of a childhood memory, do you view the scene through your own eyes, or do you see yourself as a child through the lens of an outside observer?

About a year ago, I reported on Peggy St. Jacques' hypothesis that recalling autobiographical memories from a third-person, observer-like perspective (as opposed to replaying a memory through your own ...

For a translator to turn one language (say, English) into another (say, Greek), she has to be able to understand both languages and what common meanings they point to, because English is not very ...

Past research has suggested that people's cultural differences may result in differences in basic visual perception. New research found no evidence that these differences play a significant role in ...

The Paleoneurology Group at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) has just published a new study in the Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology which, for the first time, ...

In the fast-paced world of digital distractions, a new kind of viral phenomenon has taken over our social feeds: the high-stakes visual perception challenge. As a long-time observer of how our brains ...

When someone near you turns their head towards something in the environment, you likely can’t help to follow their gaze direction. This reaction is observed in mammals, birds and even reptiles alike.