How does the brain see the "big picture"? A new study reveals that the primary visual cortex (V1) calculates statistical ...

Artistic perception and drawing skills emerge from a complex interplay between visual interpretation, cognitive processing and fine motor coordination. In rendering three-dimensional objects on a ...

Harmonious chord progressions strengthen neural activity in social brain regions during face-to-face interaction, promoting ...

A late-maturing brain filter in the thalamus prunes noisy sensory inputs over time, helping adults ignore distractions and ...

Watching nature scenes lessens pain by reducing brain activity linked to pain perception. The corresponding study was published in Nature Communications. "Our study is the first to provide evidence ...

Experts from diverse fields will come together at this international symposium to discuss the current state and future directions for naturalistic neuroscience research. /Public Release. This material ...

I first encountered the McGurk effect in a neuroscience class. My professor played a video of a person moving their lips as if saying “ga,” while the audio track played “ba.” Most students heard ...