We generally assume that when humans are walking or otherwise moving in space, their head faces towards the direction they are traveling in. Nonetheless, travel direction and head direction are ...

Landmarks like a church steeple or a yellow house on the corner play an important role in the ability to navigate. But so does an internal compass, thought to be supported by specialized neurons in ...

Wollaston's gaze illusion (1824) is one of the most powerful demonstrations that we process faces holistically, rather than feature by feature. In the demo that I often present in my seminar on ...