The development of the human brain is one of the most complex biological processes. During the first years of life, enormous ...

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

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 ...

Recent theoretical and empirical work on predictive processing and brain plasticity may help explain both the onset of and ...

Nuttida Rungratsameetaweemana is challenging a story neuroscience has told for decades. According to the conventional account ...

Rather than having distinct departments for blindness, paralysis and sensory disorders, scientists are developing a unified ...

A breakthrough study revealed a primitive brain region that acts as a built-in filter to block out a noisy world.