FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·October 24, 2018·4 min readTo See What’s Right in Front of You, Your Brain May Need Some RewiringResearchers provide new evidence of brain plasticity. A new study reveals visual cortex neurons sprout new axons and shed some old ones as animals improve at perceptual learning tasks.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 16, 2019·3 min readNeurofeedback Helps Control Learning SuccessNeurofeedback training stimulates the cortical learning process and can help improve the sense of touch, a new study reveals.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 10, 2018·4 min readYour Brain on Imagination: It’s a Lot Like RealityA new neuroimaging study reveals imagination may help people with fear or anxiety disorders overcome them. The study reports imagining a threat can alter the way it is represented in the brain.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·November 10, 2014·3 min readPlaying Action Video Games Can Boost LearningAccording to a new study, playing action video games helps improve learning capabilities.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·August 15, 2018·5 min readCategory Learning Can Be Influenced By Where an Object is in Our Field of VisionWhere objects appear in a person's visual field can affect the ability to determine what the object is, researchers say.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 6, 2019·4 min readLearning is optimized when we fail 15% of the timeLearning is optimized in computer models when there is an error rate of 15%. Researchers say the 85% accuracy rule may also apply to humans for optimal perceptual learning.Read More