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Learning to look faster
In a nutshell: Repetitive training can improve what was thought to be an entirely reflexive behaviour. Read more
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Attention and conscious awareness: similar or opposing?
In a nutshell: Attention and perceptual awareness can have similar or opposing effects, depending on the circumstances. Read more
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Grasping how the brain controls reaching behaviour
In a nutshell: The brain area responsible for visually guided movements – such as reaching, pointing and grasping – is divided into three subregions with distinct yet complementary roles. Read more
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Electrically stimulating the brain while training also enhances performance on untrained tasks
In a nutshell: Electrical stimulation applied to the brain during training can boost performance on new, untrained tasks mediated by the same brain areas. Read more
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Honeybees could teach drones a thing or two about safe landing
In a nutshell: Bees use the speed at which images move across their eyes to control safe landing. Read more
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Uncertainty helps the brain to learn
In a nutshell: Adding uncertainty to an established brain-stimulation method may boost its effectiveness. Read more
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Brain research moving in the right direction
In a nutshell: When we see something in motion, its direction of movement influences the movement of corresponding waves in brain activity. Read more
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Transmission wires alert the brain to what the eyes see
In a nutshell: A small subpopulation of brain cells in the eye sends alert signals to the brain in response to visual threats. Read more
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The way certain brain cells communicate with each other may underlie how we see things
In a nutshell: ‘Integrated information patterns’ characterise how groups of brain cells talk to and influence each other, which may form the basis of our conscious experience of the world. Read more
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A part of the brain specialised in humans helps manage competing goals
In a nutshell: This study suggests that a part of the brain called 'frontopolar cortex' plays a role in assessing the value of an alternative goal and switching to it if it’s more beneficial. Read more
