How clearly do you think you see the world? Well, I have scary news. We don’t see things as they are. We don’t even see. We perceive. Your eyes, ears, and senses receive information from the outside ...

The film Black Swan (2010) is the journey of a dancer seeking perfection. However, this leads her to dance a downward spiral, in which reality becomes increasingly distorted. The concept of reality is ...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Schizophrenia is often diagnosed well into adulthood, typically from the late teens to early 40s. Are there early indicators that could help predict which individuals will go on to ...

Imagine if every time you saw a face, it appeared distorted. Well, for those who have a very rare condition known as prosopometamorphopsia (PMO), which causes facial features to appear distorted, that ...

Anxiety distorts perceptions of threat, magnifying worry. New findings suggest a diet tweak that can help sufferers.

It sounds like the stuff of horror films — but for people who are afflicted with a rare disorder, it’s a terrifying reality. A condition called prosopometamorphopsia (PMO) causes facial features to ...

Subtle differences in perception during late-teen years can predict the development of hallucinations, delusions, and, in some instances, psychosis later in life, according to new research.