By activating the visual cortex electrically, those modules generate simple spots or patterns of light that the brain can try ...

When you see a bag of carrots at the grocery store, does your mind go to potatoes and parsnips or buffalo wings and celery? It depends, of course, on whether you're making a hearty winter stew or ...

Brains constantly predict what the eyes will see next, relying on internal feedback networks that physically rewire ...

The 1950s were a relatively rudimentary era for experimental neurophysiology. Recording the electrical activity of neurons wasn’t uncommon, but the methods often demanded considerable patience and ...

Researchers have discovered a new way that brain plasticity is controlled in early life, offering insight into the ...

Whether we're staring at our phones, the page of a book, or the person across the table, the objects of our focus never stand in isolation; there are always other objects or people in our field of ...

A small team of brain researchers at South China Normal University, working with a colleague from the University of New South Wales, has found that the visual processing parts of the brain light up in ...

Turns out we’re not all watching the same version of the world unfold, just continuously updating our own personal ...