How are raw sensory signals transformed into a brain representation of the world that surrounds us? Investigators have now uncovered the contributions to perception of a brain region called posterior ...

Among the senses, vision and touch have a special affinity. In sighted people, vision provides information about the surrounding world on a grand scale; touch, on a smaller, more intimate scale. In ...

A brain that develops in the deprivation of one sense reorganizes itself in surprising ways, revealing remarkable neuroplasticity. A team of researchers has studied the brain activity of young ...

Human cognition relies on the seamless integration of multiple senses, allowing the brain to associate, infer, and even ...