People with aphantasia—individuals who report experiencing no visual imagery at all—also showed reduced activation of the brain's visual cortex in response to sounds, according to a new study. The ...

I recently attended the International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF) in Reno, Nevada, where scientists from around the world gathered to share their research on how the multiple senses (vision, ...

Brains of the deaf seeing rhythmic lights look like others' listening to rhythms. Anecdotal, but on point. I have a mild case of synesthesia in which seeing pulsed patterns of light, or color, or even ...

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Human echolocation has at times allowed people to ride bikes or play basketball despite being completely blind from a very young age. These echolocators typically perceive their environment by ...

Researchers from the HSE Center for Language and Brain have identified previously unknown age-related changes in brain activity during the perception of auditory information in a group of children ...