Almost half of patients who experienced a stroke in the right cerebral hemisphere later develop a very unusual symptom: they lose the ability to perceive what is happening in the left side of space.

Is paying attention to the things around us necessary to perceive them? This seemingly simple question is far from having a consensual answer. To decide between the various existing hypotheses, ...

Researchers at Tohoku University have revealed multiple functions of visual attention, the process of selecting important information from retinal images. Studies of visual attention discovered an ...

In this blog series, we’ve been discussing consciousness and how it relates to various cognitive functions, such as attention, emotions, and self-regulation. While “consciousness” can be defined in ...

becoming easily distracted by irrelevant sights and sounds failing to pay attention to details and making careless mistakes rarely following instructions carefully and completely losing or forgetting ...

Most of us know what is meant by the term mindfulness. The common understanding is that one’s focus is on the here and now, on what is present moment by moment. And, if you’ve ever tried mindful ...