The time is ripe to integrate burgeoning evidence of the important role of sensory and motor
functioning in mental health within the National Institute of Mental Health's [NIMH] Research …

During natural viewing, the eyes are never still. Even during fixation, miniature movements
of the eyes move the retinal image across tens of foveal photoreceptors. Most theories of …

The ability to extend sensory information processing beyond the nervous system has been
observed throughout the animal kingdom; for example, when rodents palpate objects using …

Perception of external objects involves sensory acquisition via the relevant sensory organs.
A widely-accepted assumption is that the sensory organ is the first station in a serial chain of …

Animals track fluctuating stimuli over multiple timescales during natural olfactory behaviors.
Here, we define mechanisms underlying these computations in Caenorhabditis elegans. By …

The extent to which a tool is an extension of its user is a question that has fascinated writers
and philosophers for centuries [1]. Despite two decades of research [2–7], it remains …

In the vibrissal system, touch information is conveyed by a receptorless whisker hair to
follicle mechanoreceptors, which then provide input to the brain. We examined whether any …

Neural mechanisms underlying nociception and pain perception are considered to serve the
ultimate goal of limiting tissue damage. However, since pain usually occurs in complex …

Active sensing involves the production of motor signals for the purpose of acquiring sensory
information [1–3]. The most common form of active sensing, found across animal taxa and …

Sensory information is coded in space and in time. The organization of neuronal activity in
space maintains straightforward relationships with the spatial organization of the perceived …