A new study reveals that your heart rate slows down more when you make a visual mistake than when you see things correctly.

A new study in expert birders suggests that becoming an expert in a given field could help slow down cognitive decline.

Specific rhythms of flickering light can synchronise brain activity, offering clues about perception and possible future ...

Researchers identify that the brain's sensory checkpoint (TRN) undergoes a molecular "upgrade" in adulthood for high-resolution perception.

The dominant theory in neuroscience has been that the sensory processing circuits in our brain are finalized in early ...

The brain’s wiring forms a unique fingerprint that reveals how we think, remember, and make decisions. A new study offers the ...

Sounds you consciously perceive affect your brain differently than sounds you don't, a recent Yale study found. For the study, researchers played participants a series of tones—ranging in intensity ...

A few minutes beside trees or water can shift the brain into a calmer state. That change is not just a feeling.

Experts say birders develop denser, more efficient brain regions for attention and perception, helping them identify birds ...

In other words, get ready to grab your binoculars, says a group of brain researchers in Canada.

Perceiving whether another person is a personal health risk requires quickly assessing their trustworthiness. With limited characteristics available, implicit assumptions often influence risk ...