Understanding how the human brain represents the information picked up by the senses is a longstanding objective of neuroscience and psychology studies. Most past studies focusing on the visual cortex ...

Illusion circuits in the visual cortex were uncovered with two-photon holography, advancing perception and neurophysiology studies.

Scientists have discovered specialized IC-encoder neurons that make the brain “see” illusions, such as squares or triangles that aren’t truly there.

Neuroscientists are zeroing in on how special kinds of brain cells help us see things that aren't actually there.

Learn how the brain handles certain optical illusions, causing us to perceive shapes that don't actually exist.

In a new study, researchers unveil a device that might offer an alternative to invasive procedures. Featuring a novel ...

University of Tübingen researchers used fMRI to record brain activity while people viewed colored moving rings.

This isn’t just about brain-reading party tricks. The study revealed large-scale “retinotopic color biases”. In other words, ...

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 ...

Whether we're staring at our phones, the page of a book, or the person across the table, the objects of our focus never stand in isolation; there are always other objects or people in our field of ...

In a new study, researchers created an AI model of the mouse visual cortex that predicts neuronal responses to visual images. Much as a pilot might practice maneuvers in a flight simulator, scientists ...

Scientists discovered how the brain uses objects to anchor our sense of direction, solving part of the mystery of spatial ...