A study sheds light on how networks in the brain detect new information, offering insight into disorders like schizophrenia.

“Human neurons can take a long time to mature, sometimes 9-12 months,” he explains. “It was very cool to see that we’re able to get these types of responses even at a relatively early time.” Chen ...

A new study shows that the cerebral cortex acts as a "memory machine," constantly detecting novel stimuli to refine its predictions of the future.

The endocrine system uses hormones to allow the body to respond to stimuli. Stimuli are changes in the environment and can be from: inside the body (internal) such as like an increase in blood ...

Advancements could enhance perceptual capabilities in robotics. Artificially engineered biological processes, such as ...

Artificially engineered biological processes, such as perception systems, remain an elusive target for organic electronics experts due to the reliance of human senses on an adaptive network of sensory ...

Innumerable attempts have been made to explain how we respond to advertising. For nearly a century advertisers were lured down a path that employed a rational, hierarchical approach (Vaughn 1986; ...

In humans in particular ... only made sure that every incoming stimulus led to a unique response, but also served to select stimuli that are new, resulting in those responses becoming much ...