Specifically, the researchers studied how observers judge an object's motion relative to the observer's head or relative to the world. Their findings--that neurons in a specific brain region are more ...

New research indicates some neurons can shift to process information about movement depending on the brain's current frame of reference. The findings may have implications for developing future ...

Einstein is most famous for general relativity, which is really a theory of gravity. But his theory of special relativity has been just as important. Special relativity is all about how to interpret ...

Units of measurement are are used to represent physical quantities like length, weight and other values. Units can be imperial or metric and can be converted by conversion factors. The movement of ...