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Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·May 10, 2025·6 min read

Eye Movements Set the Speed Limit for What You Can See

The speed of your eye movements, called saccades, determines how fast an object can move before it becomes invisible to you. Objects that mimic the speed and trajectory of saccades can essentially "vanish" from perception, showing that our own movements shape what we can and can't see.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·November 22, 2023·5 min read

Ear Sounds Reveal Eye Movements

Researchers discovered that the ear emits subtle sounds in response to eye movements, allowing them to pinpoint where someone is looking. The study demonstrates that these ear sounds, potentially caused by muscle contractions or hair cell activations, can reveal eye positions.

Featured Neuroscience

·December 13, 2022·5 min read

Eye Movements Hold Clues to How We Make Decisions

How quickly our eyes dart when faced with a range of options gives new clues about how we make decisions.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·May 29, 2018·5 min read

Research Opens New Doors For Brain Disorder Treatments

Study reveals the how the brain maintains attention on an object while the eyes make rapid, voluntary movements. The findings could open the door to developing new treatments for a number of neurological disorders.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·September 12, 2017·4 min read

Eye Movements Reveal Temporal Expectation Deficits in ADHD

An eye tracking technique that measures small involuntary eye movements may provide a new method for monitoring temporal expectations in people with ADHD, a new study reports.

Autism Featured Psychology

·July 24, 2017·3 min read

Eye Test Could Help Diagnose Autism

A simple eye test may be a useful tool in helping to diagnose ASD, a new study reports. Researchers measured eye movement in those on the autism spectrum and found they continually missed a specific target. The researchers suggest sensory motor control in the cerebellum that is usually responsible for eye control could be impaired in those with ASD.