How does the brain see the "big picture"? A new study reveals that the primary visual cortex (V1) calculates statistical ...
A new study reveals the brain doesn’t rely on a single clock but builds our sense of time through multiple stages across ...
How does the brain perceive time? A new fMRI study identifies a three-stage neural relay from the visual cortex to the frontal regions that constructs our subjective experience of duration and timing.
A tennis return can look almost automatic. The ball comes off the racket, crosses the court in a blur, and somehow a player ...
When animals move through complex visual environments, the brain cannot afford to analyze every detail one by one. Instead, ...
A scientific dispute spanning six decades about fundamental mechanisms of visual perception in mammals has now been settled.
Most optical illusions last for a few fleeting moments when you're staring at the book, screen, or whatever medium the ...
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 ...