New research shows how psychedelics alter visual processing and boost memory-linked brain circuits to generate hallucinations, revealing mechanisms with therapeutic implications.

Neuroscientists studying the eye’s blind spot have found that brain cells in the primary visual cortex, or V1, fire even when no light-sensitive cells are present on the retina. In monkey experiments, ...

A single clear image can rewire the visual brain, making later recognition faster without relying on memory systems.

A patient with complete blindness caused by irreversible optic nerve damage partially recovered natural vision after ...

Experiments mapping individual neurons in the sensorimotor cortex of mice show that sharp transitions in functional properties can define cortical regions.

This moment of revelation is common to many people who don’t form mental images. They report that they might never have ...

For decades, scientists have searched for a safe way to reach deep parts of the human brain without cutting into the skull.

That sharp flinch during a violent movie scene is familiar to many people. A hand slams, a body falls, and your own muscles ...

The human eye contains a blind spot at the back of the eye where the optic nerve and retinal blood enter and exit, but our ...

Numerous potential treatments for neurological conditions, including autism spectrum disorders, have worked well in lab mice ...

In A Nutshell Category recognition starts early: Two-month-old infants’ brains already organize objects into meaningful ...

Despite decades of research, the mechanisms behind fast flashes of insight that change how a person perceives their world, ...