Neuroscientists want to understand how individual neurons encode information that allows us to distinguish objects, like telling a leaf apart from a rock. But they have struggled to build ...

Imagine navigating a pitch-black room and knowing exactly where every object is without ever switching on a light.

As I watch my mom's mind give way to Alzheimer's, I've started writing letters to my future self. Scientists say it could ...

Foveal sensitivity to the features of an imminent saccade target increases with the target’s conspicuity, supporting foveal prediction as a viable mechanism for maintaining visual continuity in ...

This important study presents a new method for longitudinally tracking cells in two-photon imaging data that addresses the specific challenges of imaging neurons in the developing cortex. It provides ...

Viewing art is good for us, but new research may now tell us why — and that therapeutic uses may be better than previously ...

A better understanding of human smell is emerging as scientists interrogate its fundamental elements: the odor molecules that ...

A new study published in Scientific Reports has introduced a promising diagnostic tool that could dramatically shorten the long wait times many families face when seeking evaluations for autism and ...

Understanding how the human brain represents the information picked up by the senses is a longstanding objective of ...

Scientists have long known that the brain's visual system isn't fully hardwired from the start-it becomes refined by what ...