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We use many of the same brain cells to see and to imagine objects, a study suggests. The findings provide a new window into memory
Visualizing an object in the mind’s eye allows us to remember the face of someone we met long ago, or to picture an item we ...
The ability to conjure pictures in the mind’s eye enables us to remember the past and imagine the future. It also allows us to plan, navigate and create works of art. In a study published April 9 in ...
Why can images of things we have seen seem so real when we later recall them from memory? A new study led by Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University investigators sheds light on the answer. The ...
Do colors trigger unique brain responses? And do different people have the same brain responses to colors? In a new JNeurosci paper, Michael Bannert and Andreas Bartels, from the University of ...
Your brain’s habit of replaying the same song on a loop is not a glitch so much as a side effect of how memory, reward and attention are wired. The same circuitry that helps you recognize a friend’s ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The human brain constantly makes decisions without us noticing. It requires minimal power to move our bodies in the desired direction or avoid an object. A Purdue University ...
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