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

Scientists report that norepinephrine, a fundamental chemical for brain performance, is locally regulated in a brain region called the visual cortex. "Look at me!" we might say while attempting to ...

The MICrONS Project set out to create a massively dense reconstruction of the structural connections and functions of an entire millimeter volume of mouse visual cortex, along with new artificial ...

As the old saying goes, "a picture is worth a thousand words." In the modern world of marketing, this couldn't be more true. With the rise of social media, businesses have had to adapt their marketing ...

Even mild head injuries can mean serious consequences for brain function at its most basic level. Research published in Communications Biology shows that neuroplasticity, too, has its limits. Injuries ...

A team of engineers and neuroscientists has demonstrated for the first time that human brain organoids implanted in mice have established functional connectivity to the animals' cortex and responded ...