Medical research
Exploring how the brain senses infection
A new study led by researchers at Harvard Medical School illuminates how the brain becomes aware that there is an infection in the body.
Mar 8, 2023
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News tagged with sensory information
Neuroscience
New sound navigation technology enables the blind to navigate
A new study by researchers at Reichman University's Brain Cognition and Technology Institute directed by Prof. Amir Amedi has shown that visual navigation areas in the brain can be activated using sound. By traversing mazes ...
Mar 3, 2023
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Neuroscience
Sparse, small, but diverse neural connections help make perception reliable, efficient
The brain's cerebral cortex produces perception based on the sensory information it's fed through a region called the thalamus.
Feb 2, 2023
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Neuroscience
Scientists pinpoint why people with autism struggle to understand a speaker's 'tone'
Children with autism often have difficulty grasping the emotional cues in other people's voices, and now researchers may have zeroed in on the reason why.
Jan 10, 2023
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Medical research
Cat locomotion could unlock better human spinal cord injury treatment
Cats always land on their feet, but what makes them so agile? Their unique sense of balance has more in common with humans than it may appear. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are studying cat locomotion ...
Jan 10, 2023
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Ophthalmology
Lab-grown retinal eye cells make successful connections, open door for clinical trials to treat blindness
Retinal cells grown from stem cells can reach out and connect with neighbors, according to a new study, completing a "handshake" that may show the cells are ready for trials in humans with degenerative eye disorders.
Jan 4, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why do we like what we like? The neuroscience behind the objects that please us
We humans, like other cognitive systems, are sensitive to our environment. We use sensory information to guide our behavior. To be in the world.
Dec 15, 2022
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Neuroscience
Hearing is believing: Sounds can alter our visual perception
Perception generally feels effortless. If you hear a bird chirping and look out the window, it hardly feels like your brain has done anything at all when you recognize that chirping critter on your windowsill as a bird.
Dec 7, 2022
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Neuroscience
Brain cells use a 'telephone trick' to report what they see
"How many fingers am I holding up?"
Nov 29, 2022
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Neuroscience
Mapping the path from smell to perception
Our sense of smell has a powerful effect on our behavior and emotions. Aromas can evoke vivid memories of the past or warn us of a smoldering fire. Yet to neuroscientists, smell remains the most mysterious of our five senses.
Oct 31, 2022
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