Sensory illusions reveal how the brain creates coherence when signals don’t align. In autism and ADHD, perception often ...

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A popular theory in neuroscience called predictive coding proposes that the brain produces all the time expectations that are compared with incoming information. Errors arising from differences ...

New research shows how psychedelics alter visual processing and boost memory-linked brain circuits to generate hallucinations, revealing mechanisms with therapeutic implications.

It is always fascinating, and sometimes exhausting, when a debate or spirited discussion reaches the point where opinion, ...

Motion perception plays a fundamental role in our daily visual experience; it is critical for computing the speed and direction of moving objects and controlling our own body and eye movements. Motion ...

The recent electoral outcome in Bangladesh presents a striking contrast between perception and reality. The student movement, ...

We hear it all the time, in the business world, in the political arena, in marriages, anytime there is a disagreement or conflict: “Perception is reality.” This aphorism is often used to justify a ...