The brain constantly toggles between focusing on external sensory information and internal mental representations like memories, plans, and thoughts.

The EEG allowed the researchers to track brain responses to the faces at different time points, focusing on three specific brain signals. The P1 signal appears very early, around 100 milliseconds ...

Information enters the brain through the doors of our senses in a complex process that computers still can't match. New thinking about the nature of perception helps explain why.

New research reveals that prolonged stress alters brain function, reducing sensitivity to sound over time. This study uncovers how the brain adapts to chronic stress, prioritizing other senses ...

The Chen Lab at Johns Hopkins University is seeking healthy volunteers for an fMRI (brain imaging) research study on perception and memory. The study takes place at Kennedy Krieger Institute (707 N ...