If you quickly move a camera from object to object, the abrupt shift between the two points causes a motion smear that might give you nausea. Our eyes, however, do movements like these two or three ...

Eye twitching, medically termed myokymia, is a frequent condition experienced by many people. While it is usually harmless, caused by stress, fatigue, lack of sleep, or excessive caffeine, persistent ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A smartphone app accurately identified a type of rapid uncontrollable eye movement associated with stroke. The ...

If you’ve ever shaken your head around and not vomited from the nauseating blurring of your vision, it’s because your brain has a built-in mechanism called saccades that it uses to not show you the ...

Theta oscillations are cycles of electrical activity in the brain occurring between 3 and 12 times per second.The onset of a saccade at t = 0 seconds appears to push the electrical activity in the ...

Rapid side-to-side eye movements can help stabilize posture, avoid falls and maintain balance for people with Parkinson's disease, just as they can for healthy people. This seemingly counterintuitive ...

Learn what afterimages can teach us about how our brains predict our visual movements. If you’ve ever been caught off guard by bright lights coming around a corner, or the sun suddenly hitting your ...