The brain does not need its sophisticated cortex to interpret the visual world. A new study published in PLOS Biology ...

A global consortium of scientists has created the first and most detailed "developmental maps" of the mammalian brain (from ...

New study combines a novel approach using patterned optogenetics with electrophysiology, circuit mapping, and computational ...

A turning point for Rafael Yuste, a neuroscientist at New York's Columbia University, came when his lab discovered it could ...

Psychedelics and Parkinson’s may trigger hallucinations through the same system, revealing how fragile the balance is between externally and internally generated perception.

A new discovery has unraveled why we sometimes see colors that aren't there. The phenomenon of "color afterimages" is when ...

Ever get distracted and struggle to focus? Scientists have found that your brain uses 'circling waves' in the prefrontal ...

For most of us, these illusions are harmless. But my new research, published in Perception, suggests people with visual snow ...

Yale scientists traced gamma brain waves to thalamus-cortex interactions. The discovery could reveal how brain rhythms shape perception and disease. For more than a century, scientists have observed ...

A study has described a brain process involving circling waves coordinated by neurons in the prefrontal cortex, which helps ...

A recent study explains why sometimes people see colors that aren't really there. This phenomenon is called "afterimages", ...