The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. Our study used two-tone red/green pictures of faces, like those created by Andy Warhol (Figs. 1 and Figs. 2). The faces were ...

Have you ever had to say to someone "I'm so bad with names but I remember faces much better."? Well, it turns out the brain has a special region just for recognizing faces. A much-cited study from ...

STANFORD, Calif. — In a painless clinical procedure performed on a patient with electrodes temporarily implanted in his brain, Stanford University doctors pinpointed two nerve clusters that are ...

Neuroscientists have identified face-recognition areas based on what parts of the brain they link to. For more than a decade, neuroscientists have known that many of the cells in a brain region called ...

Ron Blackwell didn’t enter the hospital expecting to see his doctor’s face melt before his eyes. But that’s exactly what happened when researchers electrically stimulated a small part of his brain, ...

What started out as a routine medical observation for epilepsy has turned into a unique scientific discovery concerning the brain’s ability to perceive. After performing small experiments on a patient ...

Areas of the brain that help a person differentiate between what is real and what is imaginary have been uncovered in a new study led by UCL researchers. The researchers hope that their findings will ...

If you feel overwhelmed by an ever-growing social circle, fear not. Your brain can keep up with all those new faces, thanks to one region that continues to grow even in adulthood. The discovery is ...

Talking Band will present the world premiere of Fusiform Gyrus - A Septet for Two Scientists and Five Horns, written and composed by OBIE Award winner Ellen Maddow, and directed by Ellie Heyman, ...