FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·May 13, 2019·5 min readRoom for thought: Brain region that watches for walls identifiedMEG neuroimaging implicates the occipital place area (OPA) in our ability to rapidly sense our surroundings. The findings may advance improving machine learning and robotics technology aimed at mimicking visual processes in the human brain.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 20, 2019·7 min readNew study reshapes understanding of how the brain recovers from injuryRetinal ganglion cell survival following a stroke depends on whether the pathway to the primary visual area remains active. Cells connected to inactive areas of the visual cortex suffer atrophy and degenerate, leading to permanent visual impairment.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·March 6, 2019·5 min readOur Brains Reveal Our Choices Before We’re Even Aware of ThemResearchers find neural activation patterns were predictive of the contents of voluntary visual imagery as far as 11 seconds before the choice of what to imagine. These results suggest that the contents of future visual imagery can be biased by current or prior neural representations.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·January 21, 2019·3 min readMice Pass On Brain Benefits of Enriched Upbringing to OffspringResearchers report life experiences may be transgenerationally inherited through a combination of epigenetics and parental behavior.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·January 3, 2019·7 min readSurprise Discovery Reveals Second Visual System in Cerebral Cortex: Mouse StudyA new study challenges 75 year old dogma of mammalian vision. Researchers have shows the post rhinal cortex obtains visual data from the superior colliculus and is not dependent upon information from primary visual cortex.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 8, 2018·3 min readNeurons that Fire Together, Don’t Always Wire TogetherResearchers have identified a new rule of connectivity for neurons in the neocortex, contradicting the popular belief "neurons that fire together, wire together".Read More
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
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·October 23, 2018·5 min readNeurons Reliably Respond to Straight LinesResearchers report single neurons in the primary visual cortex can reliably detect straight lines, even though the makeup of the cell is constantly changing.Read More
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
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·July 3, 2018·6 min readWhere the Brain Transforms Seeing into ActingResearchers provide evidence that the posterior parietal cortex plays a vital role in converting vision into action.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·April 16, 2018·7 min readHidden Structure of Enigmatic Backwards Neural Connections DiscoveredStudy may provide key insights into the visual system and perception.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 28, 2018·4 min readBrain Wide Tracing of Single Neurons Reveals Breadth of Information Transfer From Visual CortexA new study reveals the majority of V1 neurons project to higher visual areas in a non-random manner.Read More
