Psychedelics appear to reshape how the brain builds reality by dampening incoming visual signals and boosting internal memory networks.

People who lose their visual imagination after a stroke share damage to a single neural circuit. A new analysis maps these ...

New research shows that in natural vision, visual memory of images is affected by the size of the image on the retina. The findings can have many implications, including on the use of different types ...

Differences in the distribution of certain proteins and markers in the brain may explain why some people first experience vision changes instead of memory loss in Alzheimer's disease, finds a new ...

Birdwatching is often seen as a calm hobby. You wake up early, grab your binoculars, and head to a park or wetland. For many, it is about fresh air and quiet time. For others, it is the thrill of ...

In other words, get ready to grab your binoculars, says a group of brain researchers in Canada.

Human memory is amazing. Psychologists who study memory have subdivided it into several memory types. First, there is sensory memory, or memory for information coming into the brain via a sensory ...

Memory and perception seem like entirely distinct experiences, and neuroscientists used to be confident that the brain produced them differently, too. But in the 1990s neuroimaging studies revealed ...

Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias were less likely among adults who completed cognitive speed training with booster sessions, according to data published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: ...