Processing new information during sleep compromises memory
Animal study highlights importance of brain activity during sleep for memory accuracy, strength New research appearing in the April 9 issue of the Journal of … Read more
Sense
Sharks Sense Prey in Surprising Ways During Pioneering Study
A team of scientists have unmasked the intricacies of how sharks hunt prey — from the first whiff to the final chomp —in a new … Read more
Novel ‘top-down’ mechanism repatterns developing brain regions
Dennis O’Leary of the Salk Institute was the first scientist to show that the basic functional architecture of the cortex, the largest part of the … Read more
Study Advances New Theory of How the Brain Is Wired
Speaking. Seeing. Hearing. Thinking. Remembering. Understanding this sentence and making a decision about whether or not to read on. All of this work is handled … Read more
Sound and vision work hand in hand
Our senses of sight and hearing work closely together, perhaps more than people realize, a new UCLA psychology study shows. “If we think of the perceptual system as a democracy where each sense is like a person casting a vote and all votes are count…
Even unconsciously, sound helps us see
“Imagine you are playing ping-pong with a friend. Your friend makes a serve. Information about where and when the ball hit the table is provided by both vision and hearing. Scientists have believed that each of the senses produces an estimate relevant …
