A new study using sophisticated brain scans shows how simple line drawings can capture the essence of a beach or a mountain for viewers just as well as a photograph would. Researchers found that ...

How is it possible for the brain to recognize drawn objects as houses or animals? In a recent study in the Journal of Neuroscience, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and ...

Almost everyone can represent objects with a few strokes. Kindergarten children often come home with self-drawn pictures showing mom, dad, or perhaps their own home. And even thousands of years ago, ...