Neuroscientists have discovered how the brain distinguishes between visual motion occurring in the external world from that ...

A newly identified part of a brain circuit mixes sensory information, memories, and emotions to tell whether things are familiar or new—and important or just "background noise." ...

The default mode network (DMN) is a set of interconnected brain regions known to be most active when humans are awake but not ...

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

A newly identified part of a brain circuit mixes sensory information, memories, and emotions to tell whether things are ...

Scientists have identified a previously unknown brain circuit that rapidly evaluates sensory information by integrating memories and emotions.

The study's findings demonstrate that the sensory processing stage of the cortex is one component of the network. This means ...

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

Precisely how the brain juggles conflicting and related sensory information, such as colored signals and loud sirens, and makes a sensible decision has been long studied but still a mystery. One brain ...

A new study shows that the cerebral cortex acts as a "memory machine," constantly detecting novel stimuli to refine its predictions of the future.