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

Scientists have developed a new machine learning method that reveals surprisingly consistent intrinsic brain patterns across different subjects by disentangling these patterns from the effect of ...

The current conversation in AI wearables ignores the need for optimized inputs. If your nervous system is compromised, no ...

Researchers discover that a mutation in the grin2a gene impairs a thalamocortical brain circuit, preventing the brain from ...

A late-maturing brain filter in the thalamus prunes noisy sensory inputs over time, helping adults ignore distractions and ...

Researchers have discovered how two brain areas, neocortex and thalamus, work together to detect discrepancies between what animals expect from their environment and actual events. These prediction ...

Dreams may feel like random nonsense, but the deeper theory is much stranger. When your sensory input shuts down during sleep ...

(l-r) David Golomb and David Kleinfeld are two of the principal investigators on a new NIH BRAIN Initiative grant. or all animals, sensory processing is a matter of survival. Sight, smell, touch, ...

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The traditional school environment is often a storm of sensory input that can overwhelm a student on the autism spectrum ...