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

A study published in Nature provides insight into how the brain processes sensory information from the internal organs. Researchers at Harvard Medical School used high-resolution imaging to identify ...

Sensory processes, perception and performance constitute a multifaceted domain that bridges the sensory encoding of environmental stimuli, the perceptual interpretations formed by the brain, and the ...

Researchers challenge the "efficiency" theory of the brain, showing that neurons become more coordinated and share more ...

All individuals have preferences for certain sensory stimuli and process their sensory environments in individualized ways. Traditionally, understanding sensory processing differences has been a ...

In Stage 1, the processes include phenomena such as inter- sensory processing and “top-down processing” (also called “knowledge-based processing”). These are phenomena that determine what we ...

Chronic back pain changes brain responses, making everyday sounds feel more distressing than physical pressure.

Studies from Drexel University and the University of Fukui reveal alarming new insights into the effects of screen time on ...

Neuroimaging suggests that hearing voices in borderline personality disorder is tied to reduced gray matter in specific brain ...