Scientists at EPFL have developed an innovative, non-invasive brain stimulation therapy to significantly improve visual ...

Short-term memory loss is scary because one would expect things that they just saw to be front of their mind. If you feel ...

Visual illusions are designed to fool our brains and eyes. These illusions tend to explore the limitations of our visual ...

Optical illusions are mind-bending images that have become popular among netizens in the last decade. These challenges test your perception and visual skills, helping scientists understand how our ...

Five Digit Test (FDT) is an executive function assessment tool designed to be used across the lifespan, from children to the aged. Objective: To provide validity evidence for FDT in the ...

People with multiple sclerosis (MS) seem to experience significant changes in cognition more than a year before significant physical decline is evident, a study found. While measures of processing ...

A randomized twin trial found that a daily mix of protein and prebiotics improved performance on a sensitive memory test after 12 weeks. Scientists have been mapping how the gut microbiome ...

How the human brain organizes its visual memories through precise neural timing has been discovered. Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC; CA, USA) have made a significant ...

Summary: A new study has uncovered how the brain efficiently encodes and recalls visual memories—by organizing them into categories and using the precise timing of neuronal activity. Researchers ...

Visual impairments can worsen depression and social isolation, indirectly damaging cognitive function. Visual impairment appears to have specific deleterious effects, as a social isolation factor for ...

This important study examined orientation representations along the visual hierarchy during perception and working memory. The authors provide results suggesting that during working memory there is a ...