The brain does not need its sophisticated cortex to interpret the visual world. A new study published in PLOS Biology ...

Our brains actively construct vision in near-darkness, blending residual light with memory and prediction. Even with minimal ...

MIT researchers discovered that circling waves in the brain's prefrontal cortex help regain focus following distraction. These waves, similar to herders, guide the cortex back on track, observed in ...

HBP researchers have trained a large-scale model of the primary visual cortex of the mouse to solve visual tasks in a highly robust way. The model provides the basis for a new generation of neural ...

Every illusion has a backstage crew. New research shows the brain’s own “puppet strings”—special neurons that quietly tug our perception—help us see edges and shapes that don’t actually exist. When ...

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 ...

The cerebral cortex of your brain is the outermost layer. It's the part of the brain that appears wrinkled because it has a lot of folds. Your cerebral cortex is divided into two hemispheres. Each ...

Psychedelics and Parkinson’s may trigger hallucinations through the same system, revealing how fragile the balance is between externally and internally generated perception.

New study combines a novel approach using patterned optogenetics with electrophysiology, circuit mapping, and computational ...