A series of recent brain-imaging studies has begun to explain a central mystery of the psychedelic experience: why people on ...

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

People with aphantasia have no mental imagery—and they’re offering brain scientists a window into consciousness ...

Psychedelics appear to reshape how the brain builds reality by dampening incoming visual signals and boosting internal memory ...

We see not just with our eyes, but with our brains. A mosaic of specialized areas in a brain region known as the visual ...

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 ...

The study provides new insights into the functions of ancestral cortices but also raises fundamental questions about how and when key neural computations evolved in turtles.

Learn how our brains store images that help us achieve flashes of insight when looking at seemingly incomprehensible visual tests.

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 ...

Scientists have discovered that turtles possess advanced visual processing abilities once thought to be unique to mammals.