Imagine a ball bouncing down a flight of stairs. Now think about a cascade of water flowing down those same stairs.

A new study reveals that our brains separate “stuff” like water and sand from “things” like balls or tools, using specialized circuits in the visual cortex.

An MIT study finds parts of the brain’s visual cortex are specialized to analyze either solid objects (things) or flowing ...

The cerebral cortex processes sensory information via a complex network of neural connections. How are these signals ...

The Best Illusion of the Year contest offers researchers, and participants, an opportunity to explore the gaps and limits of human perception.

A newly developed PET radiotracer has shown the ability to produce high-quality images of real-time brain inflammation, according to research presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and ...

The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also leading to the behavioral traits that have made human societies able to ...

New research from the University of Minnesota Medical School suggests that different genetic forms of autism may lead to similar patterns in brain activity and behavior. The findings were recently ...

The FDA granted fast track designation to RAD101, an experimental imaging agent, to improve detection of recurrent brain metastases.

A study of 20,000 anxiety disorder patients shows how negativity bias affects brain structure, cognitive function and mental health, supporting the view that mental illness is brain illness.

Medical Examiner Nicotine Gum Gave Me My Brain Back Brain fog stole my focus, my memory, and my sense of self. And then I found a small study suggesting an experimental treatment.

Approximately 10% of the human population is left-handed. Among them, one in five exhibits a peculiar brain phenomenon known as atypical language lateralization. While most people attribute their ...