Findings could help illuminate role of brain region in cognitive functions, such as memory integration and abstract thinking: paper Chinese and French scientists have developed an extremely detailed ...

A massive, multi-year project led by over 150 scientists has produced the most detailed map yet of how visual information ...

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When you see a bag of carrots at the grocery store, does your mind go to potatoes and parsnips or buffalo wings and celery?

A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain ...

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As you experience or encounter new things, your brain must encode this information via the right neural networks at the right ...

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Vision is one of the most complex functions of our brain and requires a seamless interaction between many different brain structures to decode shapes, colours, depths, and movements and turn them into ...

A new study reveals that adults with autism process active and passive touch similarly, unlike neurotypical individuals whose brains reduce activity during self-initiated touch.

From a cubic millimeter of brain tissue, scientists have constructed a precise, 3D map of the activity in a mouse’s brain, detailing 84,000 neurons and more than 500 million synapses.