Your eyes can play tricks on you, and visual illusions take advantage of these glitches in our perception.

Specialized cells in the inner ear turn vibrations in the air into what we perceive as sound. However, over time or after prolonged exposure to loud noises, these cells can become damaged and die, leading to hearing loss.

Proprioception is your sense of your body’s position in space, and without it you wouldn’t be able to walk or scratch your nose with your eyes closed.

Two-thirds of the population believes a myth that has been propagated for over a century: that we use only 10 percent of our brains. Hardly!

How do the various wavelengths of visible light become what we know as color?

What causes this neurodegenerative disease, and what is being done to locate new treatments?

The researcher discusses the science of body language and the unspoken word.

The German Primate Center houses 1300 primates used for brain research. Learn how the scientists and veterinarians care for their animals in this virtual tour.

To understand how the human brain tunes out distractions, researchers turn to monkeys.

Researchers learned a great deal about memory from a man who lost it.