Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Rochester vision scientists uncover new information about the role of tiny “fixational” eye movements in enabling us to see clearly.

The annual award honors the contributions of graduate students in classrooms and laboratories across the University. This year’s recipients come from different disciplines, but share many things in common.

Assistant professors Martina Poletti and Manuel Gomez-Ramirez have received Sloan Awards for their research on how the brain perceives the world.

National vision research organization recognizes David Williams for his research, the organization's third consecutive honoree with University of Rochester ties.

New Rochester research indicates some neurons can shift to process information about movement depending on the brain's current frame of reference.

A person who has a stroke that causes vision loss is often told there is nothing they can do to improve or regain the vision they have lost. A new study offers hope for stroke patients who have suffered vision loss—provided their treatment begins early.

Adam Snyder, assistant professor of brain and cognitive sciences and neuroscience, has received a Sloan Research Fellowship, awarded to young scientists considered to be future leaders in the scientific community.

When a patient fails an eye test, it's not just structural defects in the eye that are to blame. New Rochester research show that small eye movements humans aren’t even aware of making play a large role in humans’ ability to see letters, numbers, and objects from a distance.

Seniors Melissa Wen, Nathan Nickerson, and Jarrod Young are this year's winners of the Wells Award, given each year to high-achieving students in the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences who also excel in the humanities.