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

In the brain, not all blood flow is created equal. RIKEN researchers have developed a detailed cortical layer map of the ...

How does your brain instantly know how to move through new places? A new study helps explain the science behind your internal GPS.

Next you can see pathways from the eyes, which send visual information to the visual cortex in the back of the brain, which processes and compiles that information into what we think of as sight.

Hubel and Wiesel initially demonstrated that, further along the visual pathway in the cortex, cells in a brain region called the geniculate nucleus also respond to spots of light. They wanted to build ...

Our findings challenge the traditional view that early sensory areas in the brain are simply "looking" or "recording" visual input. In fact, the human brain's visual system actively reshapes how ...

Daydreaming is shown to improve brain health by stimulating memory, creativity, problem solving, and improving cognitive ...

In the brain, smell and sight are closer friends than we thought New research explores the many ways our sensory experiences overlaps, teaching us new ways the brain perceives ...

How the brain's arousal center helps control visual attention too. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 05 / 240502113712.htm ...

Human echolocation repurposes parts of the brain’s visual cortex for sound, even in sighted people. Skip to main content. Scientific American. October 24, 2024.