A mind-bending optical illusion is circulating on social media this week that tricks your brain into thinking stationary gears are moving. The illusion was shared on Reddit by user dhruveishp ...

New USC research offers an unseen insight into how the brain shifts gears. The researchers have discovered that our innate ability to make quick changes in motor function is the result of a unique ...

“Rather than actively shaping experience, the thalamus (if it is considered at all) has typically been relegated to a role in gating contents into consciousness,” the team explains in its paper.

In the book, Storoni outlines the three "gears" of the brain: with gear one being a daydreaming ... Read next BI Tech Memo An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down.

“It can set the pace of your brain to suit the specific kind of mental work you are doing,” says neuroscience researcher turned writer Mithu Storoni. When it is in the right gear, we feel ...

According to new research, this structure acts like a gear lever that sets the pace of our brain’s processing. In Gear 1, the mind can wander freely; in Gear 2, we are highly engaged and ...