Researchers Unveil How Our Brains Decode Space and Time

Researchers Unveil How Our Brains Decode Space and Time

A study by cognitive neuroscientists at SISSA investigated how the human brain processes space and time, uncovering that these two types of information are only partially connected. Imagine a swarm of fireflies flickering in the night. How does the human brain process and integrate information about both their duration and spatial position to form a [...]

Researchers discover how space and time interact in the brain

The human brain is remarkable for its ability to synthesize sensory inputs into a coherent perception of the external world. A central aspect of this is its capacity to process spatial and temporal information, such as perceiving the position and duration of a visual event like the flickering glow of fireflies. Despite the apparent integration of space and time in our sensory experience, the underlying neural mechanisms that enable this synergy …