Sounds can alter the way the brain interprets what it sees. This is the key finding of a new study by SISSA researchers in Trieste, published in PLOS Computational Biology. The research shows that, ...
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The human brain appears to rely heavily on the thighs to accurately judge female body size
When humans estimate the physical size of another person, they do not need to observe the entire body to make an accurate ...
When animals move through complex visual environments, the brain cannot afford to analyze every detail one by one. Instead, it rapidly extracts the overall structure of the scene—for example, the mean ...
Neuroscientists have artificially increased neuronal activity in part of the brain by briefly shining light on genetically modified neurons. They saw that this manipulation selectively enhanced ...
Researchers at the Champalimaud Foundation in Lisbon have for the first time managed to identify with an imaging technique ...
Despite the nursery rhyme about three blind mice, mouse eyesight is surprisingly sensitive. Studying how mice see has helped researchers discover unprecedented details about how individual brain cells ...
Every day, various types of sensory information fromthe external environment are transferred to the brainthrough different modalities and then processed to generate a series of coping behaviors. Among ...
Dreaming serves to protect the brain’s visual cortex from being overtaken by other sensory inputs. The brain’s peak ...
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New brain implant bypasses retina and optic nerves to create artificial vision
A wireless brain implant designed to restore artificial vision has been successfully implanted in ...
To what extent has Earth’s gravity shaped our cognitive and brain functions? Utilizing spaceflight and a ground-based analog, a new study shows that the human brain relies on bodily gravitational ...
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