Flashes of insight trigger activity in the brain’s hippocampus. This cashew-shaped structure is buried deep within the ...

Research reveals how the brain divides visual input between hemispheres, then seamlessly reconnects it to create a unified, ...

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A new MIT review highlights how dividing visual processing between hemispheres supports attention and memory. This ...

People have a lot of misconceptions about what the brain's left and right hemispheres do, but one well-known aspect of this division may be even more true than people realize: The brain not only ...

“We wanted to know whether this feeling of memory vividness is related to not just what is remembered, but how it is remembered – the visual quality of the memory,” said Ritchey, who conducted the ...

And some people do have better visual memory than others. Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM) is a condition that has been identified in fewer than 100 people worldwide. People with ...