Lucid dreaming has long sat in a gray zone between folklore and science, described by sleepers who insist they can steer ...

Your eyes might be giving away secrets about your brain’s future that you don’t even know yet. Researchers have discovered that specific eye movement patterns can predict Alzheimer’s disease ...

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 ...

Share on Pinterest What explains rapid eye movements during sleep? Researchers may be getting closer to an answer. Image credit: Alexandr Ivanets/Stocksy. When animals change their head direction as ...

Symptoms of a tumor behind your eye may include vision changes, a bulging eye, and general eye irritation. Most eye tumors aren’t cancerous, but symptoms alone can’t offer an accurate diagnosis.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A smartphone app accurately identified a type of rapid uncontrollable eye movement associated with stroke. The ...

Roger Johansson was funded by the Swedish Research Council grant no. 2015-01206 Mikael Johansson was funded by the Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation award MAW2015.0043. It could help research in ...

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 counterintuitive ...

Botox resolves under-eye wrinkles through botulinum toxin type A, which blocks acetylcholine neurotransmitters at the neuromuscular junction. This mechanism prevents the orbicularis oculi muscle from ...

Brown syndrome is a condition that affects your child’s eye movements. It is usually a congenital disability seen at birth. Some occurrences of Brown syndrome may be permanent, while others may be ...