Our thoughts are specified by our knowledge and plans, yet our cognition can also be fast and flexible in handling new ...

Our thoughts are specified by our knowledge and plans, yet our cognition can also be fast and flexible in handling new information.

SYDNEY, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google will build three subsea cables in Papua New Guinea, which the largest Pacific Island nation said was funded by Australia under a ...

A new study in Neuron reveals that the brain’s executive center sends highly specialized, context-dependent instructions to the visual system rather than a generic broadcast signal. The findings ...

MIT scientists found that what we see is strongly influenced by how alert or active we are. Parts of the brain responsible for planning and control send specialized signals that either boost or quiet ...

Vision shapes behavior, and a new study by MIT neuroscientists finds behavior and internal states shape vision. The research, published in Neuron, finds in mice that, via specific circuits, the ...

An image from the research shows axons from neurons in the ACA (red) and ORB (green) innervating the visual cortex, targeting discrete layers. Vision shapes behavior and, a new study by MIT ...

Summary: New research shows that the prefrontal cortex doesn’t simply broadcast generic commands to sensory regions—it sends finely tailored signals that shape how the brain processes vision depending ...

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Optogenetic climbing fiber activation regulates experience-dependent plasticity in the primary somatosensory cortex of mice, suggesting a role of the olivo-cerebellum in instructive signaling across ...

A strong, 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 9:05 p.m. Papua New Guinea time about 16 miles ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — The leaders of Australia and Papua New Guinea signed a major bilateral defense treaty Monday that China believes targets it unfairly. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ...