As sure as the brain is prone to distraction, it can also return its focus to the task at hand. A new study in animals by scientists at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory of MIT shows how ...

New research sheds light on why illusions trick our brains. The study explores the neural bases of illusory motion in Akiyoshi Kitaoka's striking visual illusion known as the "Rotating Snakes." The ...

This is the first time that brain tissue has been cryogenically frozen and revived without damage. In a process called vitrification, researchers treated slices of mouse brains with cryoprotectants ...

NEW DELHI: (Nov 3) A study has described a brain process involving circling waves coordinated by neurons in the prefrontal cortex, which helps pay attention, in aiding one to get back to the task at ...

Artist’s impression of ComSLI. A rotating LED light coming from below shines through a whole human brain section into a high-resolution camera above. The result (on the right): a detailed map of the ...

From @vaughanbell at Mind Hacks: The latest Journal of Neuroscience features a study on the neuroscience behind Akiyoshi Kitaoka’s famous Rotating Snakes illusionand to celebrate they’re made a ...

This simplified version of a figure from the research shows the rotation of subspace coding from many trials with correct vs. error respoonses. The blue arrow ...