How does the brain make sense of what we see, hear and feel, and transform these separate signals into a coherent perception of the world?

This work establishes a valuable theoretical finding about how the spike timing dependence of inhibitory plasticity shapes recurrent network connectivity. The combination of theoretical analysis and ...

The human brain continuously makes predictions about future events. This process helps humans process familiar stimuli while ...

Research shows that improvisation and creativity are good for the brain. In an episode of the Greater Good Science Center’s “Science of Happiness” podcast, host Shuka Kalantari talked to Karen Barrett ...

However, the evidence supporting the authors' proposal that this rapid reorganization may involve spontaneous reactivation of neurons that gain stimulus responsiveness during training is incomplete.

When a fish holds its position against a current in a river, its brain must figure out how fast to swim and how to steer to ...

What if your brain has already decided to approach someone before you're even aware of it? Scientists say they found a neural ...

A: The orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) calculates and compares the values of different choices. Researchers found that about 20% ...