Functionally analogous to biological generative models, these traveling waves allow the brain to infer sensory causes, ...

Human color vision depends on three types of cone cells in the retina. Although all three contain the same light-absorbing molecule, 11-cis-retinal, differences in the surrounding protein determine ...

People who lack a mind’s eye, a condition known as aphantasia, tend to struggle with recognizing faces. A recent study ...

A new neuroscience review suggests traveling brain waves build visual perception, shaping what we consciously see.

Researchers reviewed evidence on neural traveling waves and proposed that they serve as a computational framework in the ...

Just as scientists build theories to make sense of the world, so your brain generates its own hypotheses to interpret reality ...

Your brain has something surprising in common with the ocean: waves. Electrical activity washes over the brain's surface, ...

Persistent differences in people's propensities to anxiety, anxiety, and stress cannot be explained by the activity of the ...

Why are some people particularly prone to anxiety, worry or stress, while others remain more composed? An international study ...

Hidden in one of Nicosia’s most charming old neighbourhoods, Ayioi Omologites, is a gallery which this week hosts an exhibition that explores what happens when sound can also be felt, seen and ...

Childhood summers felt endless, but the years seem to pass in a blur as adults age. A subtle shift in how the brain processes continuous experience may explain why time appears to speed up over a ...

Researchers used brain imaging and behavioral tests to examine mescaline's effects in rodents. Mescaline altered cerebellar ...