Making ‘mind pictures’ takes mental effort

Nature, Published online: 27 October 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-03276-9 How forming internal imagery is amusing but tiring, and the worry induced by lists of chemicals in foods, in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.

Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product.

Nature reported on this under science. RedScroll surfaces the signal with an extractive brief — not a reprint of the original article. Read the source for full reporting.