How The Sensory-deprived Brain Compensates Date: April 17, 2007 Source: Carnegie Mellon University Summary: Whiskers provide a mouse with essential information.

Hearing, sight, touch - our brain captures a wide range of distinct sensory stimuli and links them together. The brain has a kind of built-in filter function for this: sensory impressions are only ...

Some groups of neurons process sensory data and memories at the same time. New work shows how the brain pivots those representations to prevent interference.

How are raw sensory signals transformed into a brain representation of the world that surrounds us? The question was first posed over 100 years ago, but new experimental strategies make the challenge ...

To study how the brain processes expected and unexpected events, the researchers placed mice in a virtual reality environment where they could navigate along a familiar corridor to get to a reward.

For almost a century, scientists have been studying how the brain processes external information to form the basic senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch that we use to navigate the world.

“My brain exploded, because I was so excited to see [the room],” Josh said. He said the sensory room makes him feel calm, ...

Yet how the brain manages to filter sensory stimuli to let only the most important pass into conscious noticing is a long-standing mystery in neuroscience — but a discovery made earlier this ...

The brain can do a lot to compensate; but as we’ve seen, it can come at a cost, something that science is still working hard to fully understand. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED Discuss (0 CommentS) ...

Small fiber sensory neuropathy is a neuromuscular disorder that can be caused by various conditions. It can also occur on its own. Main symptoms are numbing of the skin’s ability to feel ...

5 Brain-Stimulating ‘Sensory Snacks’ That Can Help You Stay Focused and Productive, Says a Psychiatrist. Discover a psychiatrist with ADHD’s favorite (two-ingredient!) stimulating sensory ...

Hearing, sight, touch - our brain captures a wide range of distinct sensory stimuli and links them together. The brain has a kind of built-in filter function for this: sensory impressions are only ...