Psychedelics can quiet the brain’s visual input system, pushing it to replace missing details with vivid fragments from ...

Certain types of brain-training exercises could lower the risk of dementia by about 25%, according to new research connected ...

Visual experience triggers the formation of a web of neural connections in different brain areas in order to make sense of ...

Psychedelic substances are increasingly being used under medical supervision to treat anxiety disorders and depression. However, the mechanisms by which these substances influence our perception and ...

A University of Jyväskylä dissertation shows that a background in visual arts shapes how the brain processes color.

New research shows how psychedelics alter visual processing and boost memory-linked brain circuits to generate hallucinations, revealing mechanisms with therapeutic implications.

Children who spent a lot of time on screens before the age of two showed changes in brain development that were later linked ...

Imagine you’re driving down the street when, out of nowhere, a skateboarder rolls into your path. You’re looking straight ...

Psychedelic substances are increasingly being used under medical supervision to treat anxiety disorders and depression. However, the mechanisms by which these substances influence our perception and ...

Motion created by eye movements helps the brain judge distance and movement in 3D space, offering new insights into how stable vision works.

For in dreams we enter a world that is entirely our own. Let them swim in the deepest ocean or glide over the highest cloud,” ...

Speed training your brain could help delay developing dementia by years, according to a recent National Institutes of Health ...