Researchers identify key rules for how visual cortex neurons organize thousands of synaptic inputs based on distance and clustering.

Paper boosts recall: Writing on paper triggered stronger hippocampus and visual cortex activation than digital methods, helping participants remember details faster and more accurately. Stress impairs ...

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Brain’s fill-in tricks: Special neurons in the visual cortex help complete missing or ambiguous patterns, creating illusions that feel real. Mindset and perception: What you see first in an illusion ...