If your childhood involved countless hours spent capturing, training and battling Pokémon, there may be a wrinkle in your brain that is fond of images of Wobbuffet, Bulbasaur and Pikachu.
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Brain cells, or neurons, constantly tinker with their circuit connections, a crucial feature that allows the brain to store and process information. While neurons frequently test out new potential partners through transient ...
Aug 6, 2019
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Since he was a kid Hal Blumenfeld has wondered about the nature of human consciousness.
Dec 8, 2022
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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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More than a quarter of all stroke victims develop a bizarre disorder—they lose conscious awareness of half of all that their eyes perceive.
Jul 19, 2023
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Humans aren't born with mature brain circuitry that attaches emotions to the things they see or hear in their environment, a new study shows.
Oct 19, 2020
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The eyes are for seeing, but they have other important biological functions, including automatic visual reflexes that go on without awareness. The reflexive system of the human eye also produces a conscious, visual experience, ...
Oct 31, 2017
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(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Bath have uncovered a new understanding of how the brain develops its sense of space by working with blind people.
Jan 11, 2013
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In findings that may lead to new treatments for cognitive disorders, researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory zero in on how the brain forms memories of what has been seen.
Jan 21, 2015
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Primates' brains see the world through triangular grids, according to a new study published online Sunday in the journal Nature.
Oct 28, 2012
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