Prior studies had suggested that ocular drift and other small-scale "fixational eye movements" are under cognitive control only in a broad sense—for example, slowing when scanning across more finely ...

"We found that perceptual decision-making interfered with unrelated eye movements but not hand movements," Matsumiya says. "This demonstrates that nerve signals involved in making decisions ...

Our ability to see starts with the light-sensitive photoreceptor cells in our eyes. A specific region of the retina, termed fovea, is responsible for sharp vision. Here, the color-sensitive cone ...

A recent study suggests that zebrafish have four sleep substates, just like humans do—and one of them is akin to an afternoon ...

Eye movements are the most frequent movements that humans make and are often considered to be low cost because they have low metabolic costs. Thus, research has primarily focused on how eye movements ...

A new study reveals how childhood depression and visual attention to emotional faces mutually predict each other based on ...

Tracking changes in eye movement could soon allow early detection of mild cognitive impairment, the pre-dementia stage that ...

Staring into the eyes of Mona Lisa is unnerving. Regardless of your vantage point, Mona Lisa appears to shift her gaze to make eye contact and stare you down. What nonverbal cues do the movements of ...

A very subtle and seemingly random type of eye movement called ocular drift can be influenced by prior knowledge of the expected visual target, suggesting a surprising level of cognitive control over ...