Messier 24, initially cataloged by Charles Messier in 1764, was incorrectly identified for over two centuries as NGC 6603. M24 is not a distinct object like a nebula or cluster, but rather a region in ...

Humans perceive numerous categories of objects and actions, but where are these categories represented spatially in the brain? Researchers have undertaken the remarkable task of determining how the ...

Even for infants just beginning to speak their first words, the way an object is named guides infants' encoding, representation and memory for that object, according to new research. Encoding objects ...

We take our understanding of where we are for granted, until we lose it. When we get lost in nature or a new city, our eyes and brains kick into gear, seeking familiar objects that tell us where we ...

Complex cognition relies on both on-line representations in working memory (WM), said to reside in the focus of attention, and passive off-line representations of related information. Here, we ...

You often have to make quick judgments about the number of objects you encounter in the world. You might see a group of people walking toward you. It is useful to know whether there are roughly five, ...

Humans perceive numerous categories of objects and actions, but where are these categories represented spatially in the brain? Researchers reporting in the December 20 issue of the Cell Press journal ...