Why a moving hole illusion can trick your perception of depth and motion.

For decades, scientists have mapped attention, memory, language, and reasoning to separate brain networks — yet one big mystery remained: why does the mind feel like a single, unified system?

Researchers challenge the long-standing "neural independence" theory, showing that learning actually makes neurons more coordinated.

Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, ...

When a society replaces a word that acknowledges escape and repression with one that describes birthplace, it is not simply ...

Suki Chan and co-editor Michael Ellis of 'Superman' fame discuss her debut feature, their collaboration, artistic ...

Researchers challenge the "efficiency" theory of the brain, showing that neurons become more coordinated and share more information as learning occurs.

Modern neuroscience often describes the brain as a collection of specialized systems. Functions such as attention, perception, memory, language, and ...

A new University of Rochester study could reshape how scientists think about perception, learning disorders, and artificial ...

Specific rhythms of flickering light can synchronise brain activity, offering clues about perception and possible future ...

A new study reveals that your heart rate slows down more when you make a visual mistake than when you see things correctly. This suggests our bodies physically react to perceptual errors in real-time.