How does the brain see the "big picture"? A new study reveals that the primary visual cortex (V1) calculates statistical ...

When animals move through complex visual environments, the brain cannot afford to analyze every detail one by one. Instead, ...

Brain-inspired AI-hardware mimics neural efficiency to cut energy use, enabling autonomous devices to navigate, adapt and make real-time decisions independently.

SANTA CLARA, CA, UNITED STATES, March 2, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Robots are getting smarter at perceiving the world around them. Getting these robots to perform a ...

A couple of years ago, a company called Cortical Labs released a video that showed a simplified version of Pong being played by a culture of human neurons in a Petri dish. The idea that a bunch of ...

If you slipped under the covers at 2am, knowing your alarm was set for 6am, how do you think you would feel the next morning? You may be imagining a day of aching eyes and clouded thoughts, but it is ...

I first encountered the McGurk effect in a neuroscience class. My professor played a video of a person moving their lips as if saying “ga,” while the audio track played “ba.” Most students heard ...

New experiments reveal how astrocytes tune neuronal activity to modulate our mental and emotional states. The results suggest that neuron-only brain models, such as connectomes, leave out a crucial ...

Take a look at gameplay and more from Neuron Activation in this trailer for the upcoming frantic rhythm-puzzle game filled with micro-challenges. Push buttons, flip switches, shoot targets and more in ...

Anxiety’s impact on the brain has been carefully documented by research: It can cause fluctuations in neurotransmitters, change activity in different regions of the brain, and, according to new ...