The Brain Has a ‘Low-Power Mode’ That Blunts Our Senses
Neuroscientists uncovered an energy-saving mode in vision-system neurons that works at the cost of being able to see fine-grained details. ..
Neuroscientists uncovered an energy-saving mode in vision-system neurons that works at the cost of being able to see fine-grained details. ..
A woman grew up without her left temporal lobe, which highlights how amazingly plastic the brain is. ..
While observing fearful memories take shape in the brains of fish, neuroscientists saw an unexpected level of synaptic rewiring. ..
The electrical chatter of our working memories reflects our lack of confidence about their contents. ..
Results from neural networks support the idea that brains use predictions to create perceptions—and that they work that way to conserve power. ..
The idea of a synthetic experience uploaded to the mind has been a sci-fi fantasy forever. New brain-computer interfaces are making it nonfiction—very ..
Aging people lose variation in brain oxygen levels—a sign of declining cognitive flexibility. A new drug study probes whether that loss can be reversed. ..
The new finding underscores the complexity of marine mammals’ social life and cognition. It may also help save the snoopy cetaceans. ..
Crows recently demonstrated an understanding of the concept of zero. It’s only the latest evidence of animals’ talents for numerical abstraction. ..
Rats may feel concern when cage mates are trapped. But, like people, they don’t always care enough to help. ..