For someone who is blind or partially sighted, everyday tasks can be a pain — choosing the right can from the pantry, for instance, or picking up the right book from the table. A smartphone could help ...

Neuroscientists have examined the brain of a person with object agnosia, a deficit in the ability to recognize objects, and have uncovered the neural mechanisms of object recognition. The results ...

Imagine waiting for incoming passengers at the arrival gate at the airport. Your visual system can easily find faces and identify whether one of them is your friend's. As with other tasks that our ...