A growing body of neuroimaging research is pinpointing exactly how psychedelic drugs hijack the brain’s visual system to produce vivid hallucinations, even when a person’s eyes are closed. Studies ...

The researchers detected a specific delay of about 18 milliseconds between the waves in the visual cortex and the ...

Specific rhythms of flickering light can synchronise brain activity, offering clues about perception and possible future ...

Hallucinations are unreal sensory experiences, such as hearing or seeing something that is not there. Any of our five senses (vision, hearing, taste, smell, touch) can be involved. Most often, when we ...