Motion created by eye movements helps the brain judge distance and movement in 3D space, offering new insights into how stable vision works.

An important task in vision is to detect objects moving within a stationary scene. During normal viewing this is complicated by the presence of eye movements that continually scan the image across the ...

"Local motion detectors in fruit flies sense complex patterns generated by their own motion." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 04 / 220405102857.htm (accessed February 11, 2026).

Neurons in area MT (V5) are selective for the direction of visual motion. In addition, many are selective for the motion of complex patterns independent of the orientation of their components, a ...

In 350 BC, Aristotle reported seeing illusory movement after staring at a constantly moving stimulus. Later coined the "waterfall illusion," scientists are still investigating the properties of motion ...