Imagination is one of the most powerful things our brains can do. We can relive past events while taking a walk, rehearse ...

The default mode network (DMN) is a distributed set of interconnected brain regions that has long been associated with ...

How does the brain perceive time? A new fMRI study identifies a three-stage neural relay from the visual cortex to the frontal regions that constructs our subjective experience of duration and timing.

How does the brain categorize objects? Scientists reveal that categorization is a predictive process where the brain prepares an action plan before perceiving a stimulus.

The same brain cells activate when you see something and when you imagine it, helping explain why mental images can feel so ...

How does Jannik Sinner manage to hit the ball at exactly the right moment, with remarkable precision? And how do we, in everyday life, perceive the duration of events around us? The answer lies in how ...

The largest analysis of psychedelic brain imaging to date offers a clearer picture of how psychedelic drugs affect the brain.

A tennis return can look almost automatic. The ball comes off the racket, crosses the court in a blur, and somehow a player ...

Scientists looked at a wide range of brain scans to determine how consciousness gets so trippy on mind-altering drugs.

The S-cones make up only 8–12 percent of all cones in the retina and are almost completely absent in the absolute center of the fovea.” Taken all together, this means some colors are easily ...