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 ...

Slow eye movements indicate your level of fatigue. In 2014, an international team of scientists tracked the various speed of saccadic movements to create a metric for gauging levels of fatigue.

A groundbreaking study from Flinders University reveals that it's not just making eye contact that matters, but precisely when and how you do it. By studying interactions between humans and virtual ...

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 ...

A new finding that eye movements can be decoded by the sounds they generate in the ear reveals that hearing may be affected by vision. DURHAM, NC – Scientists can now pinpoint where someone’s eyes are ...

Eye movements are the human body's fastest and most common actions: We actively shift our gaze about two to three times per second to gain information about our environment. Where we look ...

Dreams, and likely nightmares, are experienced universally across humans and animals, but neuroscientists still do not know ...