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Imagining Objects Reactivates Some of the Same Neurons Used to See Them

Single-neuron recordings in epilepsy patients point to a neural code for mental images.

Birding Expertise Linked to Brain Remodeling That Tracks Performance, Study Finds

Awake Infant fMRI Shows Two-Month-Olds Already Categorize What They See

Journal of Neuroscience Study Links Cue Reactivity to Slower Learning and Persistent Bad Choices

Infant Brains Prioritize Mothers’ Voices, Altering How New Faces Are Processed

MIT Maps Rotating Prefrontal Waves That Restore Focus After Distraction

MIT Study Links Sleep Deprivation to Attention Lapses Triggered by Brain’s Waste-Clearing Fluid Waves

Brain-Training App Shows 10-Year Rebound in Memory-Linked System in Randomized Trial

Theta Traveling Waves in the Frontal Eye Field Time Visual Working Memory

Brain Scans Link Successful Fact Learning to Precuneus and Lateral Anterior Temporal Lobe

Seeing a Younger Version of Your Face Helped Adults Recall More Childhood Details, Study Finds

EEG Study Maps Split-Second Hierarchy of Visual Attention

Lasers Reveal V1 Neurons That Construct Illusory Contours in Mice

Similar Autistic Traits Linked to Greater Mutual Attraction and Distinct Brain Synchrony

AI Trained on One Person’s Brain Activity Identifies Colors Seen by Another

VR Path-Integration Test Detects Spatial Errors in Older Adults With Subjective Cognitive Decline

Resting-Brain Network Flexibility Is Elevated in Alzheimer’s, With Visual Regions Signaling Modest Future Risk

Stanford BCI Decodes Inner Speech, Tests First Mental-Privacy Safeguards

Two Brain Regions Encode Facing Direction Anchored to a Global Axis

Tolcapone Boosts Prefrontal Control Signals and Reduces Drinking in Early AUD Trial