By activating the visual cortex electrically, those modules generate simple spots or patterns of light that the brain can try ...

An international research team led jointly by the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), the University of Göttingen and ...

Scientists discovered that the visual brain may secretly "feel" what it sees, turning sight into physical experience and ...

When you see a bag of carrots at the grocery store, does your mind go to potatoes and parsnips or buffalo wings and celery? It depends, of course, on whether you're making a hearty winter stew or ...

A recent study conducted by researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany) reveals insights into the functioning of the visual cortex of macaques. The findings, published in Cell Reports, ...

During the development of mice, sensory experiences such as vision, touch and hearing play crucial roles in shaping and maturing neural circuits. The period when visual experience has the most ...

The 1950s were a relatively rudimentary era for experimental neurophysiology. Recording the electrical activity of neurons wasn’t uncommon, but the methods often demanded considerable patience and ...

High-level visual cortex contains category-selective areas embedded within larger-scale topographic maps like animacy and real-world size. Here, we propose action as a key organizing factor shaping ...

Spiraling waves of neural activity appear and travel in the brain. Scientists hope to learn if these rotating waves on the ...

Researchers at Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders (NERF), led by Prof. Vincent Bonin, have published two new studies uncovering how visual information is processed and distributed in the brain. The ...