At birth, infant visual cortex connectivity resembles that of blind adults, while lifetime visual experience enhances long-range functional connectivity between visual cortices, sensorimotor systems, ...

Humans and other animals gradually learn what sounds or other sensory cues in their surroundings are meaningful or ...

The stress hormone cortisol disrupts the brain's grid cells, blurring the internal GPS system and impairing navigation.

Few imaging studies have investigated the conscious 'pictures' of the external environment that we associate with seeing (visual percepts). The problem that confronts the neuroscientist is recognizing ...

Most of us can remember the next melody on an album once the current tune is over and recall the alphabet in its correct sequential order. These are classic examples of generating an association ...