A simple motion like a push of a button can send ripples of activity across neurons spanning the entire brain, a new study reports.
Researchers have discovered a novel neural mechanism involved in casual inference that helps the brain detect objects in motion while we are moving.
Motor-sensing neurons in sensory organs play a key role in motion-induced sleepiness.
Our brains work harder to process information when we read about movement in a way that is not typical of our native languages.
When it comes to processing information about motion, neurons in the ventral intraparietal area of the brain are more flexible in switching between reference frames. The findings could be used to develop neural prosthetics designed for motion control.
The human brain can desensitize background motion and focus on smaller moving objects in the foreground as a result of activity in the middle temporal visual area. However, our ability to pick out smaller objects changes over time. Younger people are better at picking out foreground objects moving, while those over 65 have heightened awareness of objects moving in the background.
Researchers reveal what optical illusions tell us about the workings of the brain.
Neuroimaging helps researchers observe what happens in the brain as a person is rotated. The study, which gives insight into how the brain moves after the head stops moving, also provides critical information for advancing studies of TBI.
Researchers argue consciousness may be caused by the way the brain generates energetic feedback loops.
A new study describes the activity of retinal neurons as they deliver visual information to the thalamus, an area of the brain implicated in image processing.
A new study measures individual differences in perceptual capacity. Findings suggest people have a consistent level of performance across different measures of perception.
Researchers are conducting a series of experiments to explore whether robots can acquire knowledge in a manner similar to human learning.
