New research from UC Santa Barbara shows that mind-wandering — those moments where our attention drifts away from a task at ...

In the first study of its kind, neuroscientists have shown the real-world benefits that sunlight gives the brain, beyond ...

To complete tasks that require storing relevant visual details for short periods of time, such as solving a puzzle, reading or comparing different objects, humans leverage their so-called visual ...

During the study, the research team delivered neurostimulation to study participants during visual recognition memory tasks. They found significant changes in how well people remembered images. In ...

Scientists have long known that the hippocampus is essential for forming new memories. It helps record where and when things happen. But how it processes what you see—like objects or images—has been a ...