Challenging the classic view, two cognitive scientists argue in a new review that categorization is not a late, specialized stage of sensory processing. Instead, it is a core function operating at ...

Humans and animals rely on sensory feedback to dynamically adjust motor behaviors as they interact with an ever-changing world. Yet, the neural mechanisms underlying sensory-guided motor control are ...

Where does imagination come from? A new fMRI study in Neuron reveals that mental imagery emerges from the brain's association ...

Brain scans reveal imagination forms full experiences using memory and language, reshaping how scientists understand mental imagery.

Machine learning helps to decode signals in the sensorimotor cortex (in color) and yields new insight into the therapeutic effects of dopamine (chemical formulas).

The team pinpointed the exact moment mice learned a new skill by observing the activity of individual neurons, confirming earlier work that suggested animals are fast learners that purposely test the ...

The human brain ages less than thought and in layers – at least in the area of the cerebral cortex responsible for the sense of touch. Researchers at DZNE, the University of Magdeburg, and the Hertie ...

Researchers at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology find that the hippocampus sends signals to the visual cortex to predict what we are about to see. Our brains are powerful prediction machines ...