A new study in mice suggests psychedelics make the brain more likely to "see" images from memory rather than what's actually in front of it.

Scientists have uncovered surprising complexity in a tiny sensory structure found in comb jellies, some of the oldest animals on Earth.

Researchers use AI "digital twins" to discover a new type of neuron in the visual cortex that perceives complex textures and object arrangements.

The visual cortex is the part of the brain that enables visual perception. In this area millions of nerve cells, called neurons, process stimuli from the outside world. They only react when objects ...

Neurodegenerative disease profoundly affects structures and pathways responsible for memory, cognition, and higher-order ...

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones. By Carl Zimmer A flurry of new studies ...

A mystery novel, a history book, and a fantasy epic may have little in common in plot or style. But count the words inside them and a strange regularity appears: many new words show up early, then ...

Abstract: The visual system performs a remarkable feat: it takes complex retinal activation patterns and decodes them for object recognition. This operation, termed “representational untangling,” ...

Not revised: This Reviewed Preprint includes the authors’ original preprint (without revision), an eLife assessment, and public reviews. The dysgranular retrosplenial cortex (RSD) and hippocampus both ...

US President Donald Trump’s deployment of a naval fleet to the Middle East and his threats of military action against Iran have deepened tensions between the two countries. But fraught relations ...

A recently released cache of surveillance video from the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City is raising new questions about the prison cameras at the facility where Jeffrey Epstein died ...