In the fast-paced world of digital distractions, a new kind of viral phenomenon has taken over our social feeds: the high-stakes visual perception challenge. As a long-time observer of how our brains ...

Researchers have added to a stack of existing evidence that 40 Hz gamma frequencies could help to treat Alzheimer's disease.

Neuroscientists have been trying to understand how the brain processes visual information for over a century. The development ...

While visual training will likely continue to be a productive part of treatment for people with hemianopia, the EPFL study ...

Consciousness research in 2025 has shifted from abstract philosophy to concrete lab results, with competing theories now ...

The news looks different today than it has at any point in the past. Not only because news organizations are in a very different financial position than they were in the golden age of print ...

Vision shapes behavior and, a new study by MIT neuroscientists finds, behavior and internal states shape vision. The research, published Nov. 25 in Neuron, finds in mice that via specific circuits, ...

MIT researchers discovered that the prefrontal cortex doesn’t just send generic control signals—it tailors its messages to different brain regions based on arousal and movement. Credit: ...

Summary: New research reveals that neurons in the visual cortex are far more adaptable than previously thought, responding dynamically to complex stimuli during object recognition tasks. While visual ...

Scientists at SWC discovered how the brain distinguishes between self-motion and external motion. Using the Translocator, they found that neurons in the primary visual cortex integrate motor and ...