First author Oliver Contier looked at the data of three study participants whose brain activity was measured in the MRI scanner over 15 sessions while they saw over 8,000 different images of 720 ...

The evolution of animal visual systems and their associated photoreceptor genes represents a vibrant field of study that bridges molecular biology, ecology and neurophysiology. At the core of ...

A morphological basis for path-dependent evolution of visual systems. Science, 2024; 383 (6686): 983 DOI: 10.1126/science.adg2689 ...

Visual perception at the edge of darkness The research showed that humans can detect extremely small differences in the intensity of light at the threshold of darkness. This precision is achieved ...

Upsetting this system - through shift work or long-distance travel over multiple time and light zones in humans, for example - can have severe consequences.