Shading brings 3D forms to life, beautifully carving out the shape of objects around us. Despite the importance of shading for perception, scientists have long been puzzled about how the brain ...

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Researchers have uncovered how primate brains transform flat, 2D visual inputs into rich, 3D mental representations of ...

When someone saw real projected lines, activity in the fusiform gyrus was stronger than when they knew they were simply ...

There are plenty of optical illusions online, some trickier to decipher than others. It took me a while to get this brain-bending illusion to transform and it seems I'm not alone. Optical illusion ...

Key points Our body image is rooted in our brain's integration of multi-sensory stimuli and is highly malleable. Your body image shapes how you sense your body; conversely, how you sense your body ...

In a world first, Harvard biologists worked with Google to diagram a cubic millimeter of human cerebral cortex at the subcellular level, paving the way for the next generation of brain science.

The brain appears to be wired more like the checkerboard streets of New York City than the curvy lanes of Columbia, Md., suggests a new brain imaging study. The most detailed images, to date ...

In all bilaterally symmetrical animals, from humans down to simple worms, nerves cross from one side of the body to the opposite side of the brain. Geometry may explain why.