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Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·April 28, 2021·6 min read

A New Theory for What’s Happening In the Brain When Something Looks Familiar

Researchers propose a new theory of what happens in the brain when we experience familiar seeming visual stimuli. The theory, dubbed sensory referenced suppression, suggests the brain understands different levels of activation expected for sensory input and corrects for it, leaving behind the signal for familiarity.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·May 18, 2021·6 min read

A New Theory for What’s Happening in the Brain When Something Looks Familiar

A new theory suggests the brain understands the level of activation required from a sensory input and corrects for it, leaving behind a signal for familiarity.

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Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·March 30, 2017·4 min read

Altered Perceptions

Researchers report on how certain activity in face cells can alter perception.

Featured Neuroscience

·September 4, 2017·5 min read

Face Value: Brain’s Ability to Recognize Faces Shaped Through Repeated Exposure

Key brain areas associated with facial recognition were absent in monkeys who were temporaily deprived of seeing faces while growing up, a new study reports. The findings suggest experience and exposure is key to the brain's ability to recognize faces.

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Featured Neuroscience

·August 24, 2014·2 min read

Haven’t My Neurons Seen This Before?

A new study reports on how neurons in the inferotemporal cortex respond to being shown a barrage of images.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·December 18, 2014·5 min read

In One Aspect of Vision, Computers Catch up to Primate Brain

Researchers report their new artificial neural network can identify objects as well as the primate brain can.

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Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·October 5, 2015·6 min read

IT Looks Familiar: How The Brain Recognizes Objects

A new study provides evidence that the inferior temporal cortex can identify objects.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·July 18, 2018·6 min read

Neurons Can Carry More Than One Signal at a Time

A new study reveals a single neuron is capable of encoding information from two different sounds by switching between signals associated with one sound to that of the other.

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