At the Visual NeuroDynamics Lab (VNDL), we tackle one of the most fundamental questions in neuroscience: How does the brain transform light into the rich visual world we experience every day? We study how the primate brain encodes dynamic inputs and social cues - core processes that allow us to perceive, navigate, and interact with our environment. While grounded in visual neuroscience, our research transcends conventional views of sensory processing. We unravel the neural dynamics by which the brain, as a unified and embodied system, actively perceives and understands the world in its natural, socially-embedded contexts. To decode these neural circuits, we use a cutting-edge toolkit, combining behavioral experiments, advanced neural recordings, and powerful AI-driven analysis.