Just as our world buzzes with distractions — from phone calls to e-mails to tweets — the neurons in our brain are bombarded with messages. Research has shown that when we pay attention, some of these ...
Complex cognition relies on both on-line representations in working memory (WM), said to reside in the focus of attention, and passive off-line representations of related information. Here, we ...
The brain does not need its sophisticated cortex to interpret the visual world. A new study published in PLOS Biology ...
A new study finds that the alignment of brain activity between two people, known as interpersonal neural synchrony, varies ...
When we focus, switch tasks, or face tough mental challenges, the brain starts to sync its internal rhythms, especially in the midfrontal region. A new study has found that smarter individuals show ...
Our brains actively construct vision in near-darkness, blending residual light with memory and prediction. Even with minimal visual input, the brain ...
Brain-computer interface (BCI) technology developer Cognixion, and eye-tracking platform specialist Pupil Lab, have forged a strategic partnership to unify their respective technology provisions in an ...
As we comprehend narratives, our attentional engagement fluctuates over time. Despite theoretical conceptions of narrative engagement as emotion-laden attention, little empirical work has ...
Whether we’re staring at our phones, the page of a book, or the person across the table, the objects of our focus never stand in isolation; there are always other objects or people in our field of ...