Dreaming serves to protect the brain’s visual cortex from being overtaken by other sensory inputs. The brain’s peak ...

Think you can trust your eyes? Think again. What feels undeniable at first glance is sometimes a surprise, an illusion, or an ...

Researchers at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology find that the hippocampus sends signals to the visual cortex to predict what we are about to see. Our brains are powerful prediction machines ...

A brain that develops in the deprivation of one sense reorganizes itself in surprising ways, revealing remarkable ...

Does the deaf brain "see" with its ears? New research shows the auditory cortex maps visual space through selective ...

Optical illusions aren’t just fun—they’re windows into how our brains construct reality. New research reveals the specific brain circuits and neurons responsible for ‘seeing’ things that aren’t there.

How does the brain create mental images? A new study reveals that visual imagination and perception share a common neural code.

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 ...

Visual BCIs based on steady-state visual evoked potentials (SSVEPs) have long been the gold standard for high-speed noninvasive brain-computer ...