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This is an abstract image of a head and an eye with bight colored objects surrounding it representing visual experiences.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·February 15, 2026·8 min read

Visual Experiences Shape the Brain’s Feedback Loop

Your brain is a reflection of what you see. New research shows that visual experience doesn't just activate the brain—it physically wires the feedback loops that define how we perceive the world.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·September 14, 2020·4 min read

Immune Cells Sculpt Circuits in the Brain

Microglia, immune cells that protect the brain from infection and inflammation, also appear to play a critical role in sculpting circuits in the developing brain.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·February 8, 2018·6 min read

Nature, Meet Nurture

A new study reveals a diverse array of genetic changes that occur in the brain following sensory experiences.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·August 17, 2016·7 min read

Dreamless Sleep Store the Day’s Sensory Experiences

A new study reveals how tactile experiences are encoded in the brain as we sleep.

This image is a coronal section through the main olfactory bulb of an adult male mouse.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 12, 2013·2 min read

Sense of Smell: The Nose and Brain Make Quite a Team, in Disconnection

Olfactory retentivity persists at a central level, helping us to identify new odors in complex environments and memorize smells, a new study suggests.

Autism Featured

·September 19, 2012·5 min read

Autistic Adults Have Unreliable Neural Responses, Carnegie Mellon-Led Research Team Finds

Neuroscientists take the first step toward deciphering the connection between general brain function and emergent behavioral patterns in autism. Study shows that autistic adults have unreliable neural sensory responses to visual, auditory and somatosensory, or touch, stimuli.