We don't usually realize it, but every word we speak depends on a series of complex brain processes working behind the scenes ...

Our body movements profoundly impact how our brain processes sensory information. Historically, it was believed that the brain's primary motor cortex played a key role in modulating sensory ...

Researchers discover decision-making signals in the brain's early sensory regions, suggesting bidirectional feedback loops ...

A new study in *PNAS* shows sensory brain regions, rather than motor regions, are crucial for storing new speech patterns. Using transcranial magnetic stimulation, researchers found that disrupting ...

As a young course instructor in seminars for medical students, I faithfully taught neurophysiology by the book, enthusiastically explaining how the brain perceives the world and controls the body.

An image of a beautiful beach conjures up certain sensations -- one can imagine the sun's warmth and the sound of waves breaking on the shore. But how is it that the brain produces these impressions ...

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Previously, experts thought that remembering the facial movements involved in speech was primarily the role of the brain’s ...

A brain that develops in the deprivation of one sense reorganises itself in surprising ways, revealing remarkable neuroplasticity. Researchers studied the brain activity of young congenitally deaf and ...

In the new review article, " Categorization is Baked into the Brain ," cognitive scientists Earl K. Miller , Picower ...