New research explores the many ways our sensory experiences overlaps, teaching us new ways the brain perceives ...

Scientists discover a brain pathway that helps suppress fear, offering new hope for anxiety and PTSD treatment.

Researchers studied the mechanisms that learn to suppress instinctive fear responses. The study has implications beyond the laboratory. Could aid in developing therapeutics for anxiety, and ...

Animals rely on instinctive behaviors to respond quickly to threats and opportunities. These automatic reactions, crucial for ...

New research shows how the brain overcomes instinctive fear and has helped scientists get a better understanding of how our brains work.

New research provides the first direct evidence that brain lesions causing secondary psychosis map to a common brain circuit ...

Why do our mental images stay sharp even when we are moving fast? A team of neuroscientists led by Professor Maximilian Jösch ...

A new study shows that the cerebral cortex predicts the future by detecting novel stimuli and forming short-term memory ...

The cerebral cortex is the largest part of a mammal's brain, and by some measures the most important. In humans in particular, it's where most things happen-like perception, thinking, memory storage ...

The cerebral cortex is the largest part of a mammal's brain, and by some measures, the most important. In humans in particular, it's where most things happen—like perception, thinking, memory storage ...

Our brain and eyes can play tricks on us—not least when it comes to the expanding hole illusion. A new computational model ...

However, the study provides limited new insights into the relationship between retinal lamination defects and overall retinal function. Neural lamination is a common feature of the central nervous ...