Visual context facilitates perception, but how this is neurally implemented remains unclear. One example of contextual...
Integrative Physiology and Behavior
What social distancing does to a brain
Scientists discover a neuropeptide that reflects the current state of a fish’s social environment. Have you recently...
Evolutionary and heritable axes shape our brain
Every region has its place in the brain. However, it has been unclear why brain regions are located where they are. Now...
Using walls to navigate the room
Scientists discover a brain circuit that signals the direction and distance of boundaries in the environment to help...
From fluffy to valuable: How the brain recognises objects
To recognise a chair or a dog, our brain separates them into their individual properties and then puts them back...
The right cells in the right spot
Neurons in a visual brain area of zebrafish are arranged as a map for catching prey. Spotting, pursuing and catching prey...
What lies between grey and white in the brain
Traditionally, neuroscience regards the brain as being made up of two basic tissue types. Billions of neurons make up the...
Inhibition within a premotor circuit controls the timing of...
Vocal turn-taking is a fundamental organizing principle of human conversation but the neural circuit mechanisms that...
How a Bird Brain Times Tweets
Inhibitory neurons in the zebra finch brain control coordinated vocal interactions Zebra finches can take turns when...
Neural networks in the spotlight
Scientists develop a computational model to predict and interpret the outcome of optogenetic experiments. Optogenetic...