Where does imagination come from? A new fMRI study in Neuron reveals that mental imagery emerges from the brain's association networks, not just sensory regions. Learn how the Default and Language ...

Brain scans reveal imagination forms full experiences using memory and language, reshaping how scientists understand mental imagery.

As humans have wondered about their own capacities for thought and imagination, so too have they wondered about the mental ...

“Use your imagination.” You’ve probably heard this phrase since before you can remember. It was your imagination you were using to create your first finger painting; your imagination that let you ...

Imagination is a powerful force—it can transport you to the most wondrous places or lead you into the depths of the unknown. The ability to see beyond the present separates great leaders from the rest ...

The industrial revolution brought about a shift of work from the farm to the factory. Only a few were managers making decisions. Most workers used their hands. Henry Ford even once lamented, “Why is ...

Normal dissociative processes aid us in imaginative creativity, but they also promote cognitive error—in criminal justice, ...