To fill in the full picture of what is happening around us, our brains process attention systematically, taking in general facts first and then narrowing down to specifics.

The human brain can concurrently support a wide range of advanced mental functions, including attention, memory and the ...

A Cambridge researcher’s review suggests the brain’s ancient subcortex may sustain basic awareness, reshaping how science and ...

A new study shows that our brain’s attention system first prepares broadly, then zooms in on specific details within ...

Music affects us so deeply that it can essentially take control of our brain waves and get our bodies moving. Now, ...

The leading theories of consciousness suggest that the outer layer of the human brain, called the cortex (in blue in figure 1 ...

Scientists have for the first time located the "mileage clock" inside a brain - by recording the brain activity of running ...

How we focus our attention before we even see an object matters. For example, when we look for something moving in the sky, ...

Researchers found cells that ‘fired’ in pattern that mirrored mileage clock by ticking along with distance travelled ...

It will surprise exactly no one that exercise is good for your brain. (If this is news to you, here are some studies for you ...