FeaturedNeurology·August 23, 2016·2 min readStudy Uncovers Marker for a Chronic Brain DiseaseResearchers have pinpointed a specific marker that contributes to a chronic, but little known, brain condition.Read More
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FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 11, 2016·3 min readDetecting Alzheimer’s Before Symptoms Appear With Aid of New Eye TechnologyHuman trials are scheduled for a new eye technology that researchers say could detect Alzheimer's before symptoms appear.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 8, 2016·5 min readCracking the Brain’s CodeResearchers report they have successfully linked a rabbit retina to a chip in vitro.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·June 20, 2016·5 min readTesting The Theory of How Rods in the Retina OriginatedA new study reports the retinas from our earliest vertebrate ancestors had cone like receptors, allowing them to see both in daylight and at night.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 15, 2016·5 min readEye Opening Complexity: An Up Close Insight on Connections Between Retina and ThalamusResearchers reveal the complex neural network that connects the retina and thalamus may represent the first stage in processing visual information learned by experience.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 23, 2016·4 min readWhy We Can’t Tickle OurselvesA researcher investigates why we find it impossible to tickle ourselves.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·April 19, 2016·3 min readBrainprints? Researchers Can Identify Your Brain Waves With 100 Percent AccuracyResearchers find individual brains react to images differently. The differences in neural activity was enough for computer systems to identify each person's 'brainprint' with 100 percent accuracy.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·April 16, 2016·5 min readA New System for Color VisionResearchers have discovered a mechanism of color vision that could answer long standing questions, such as why a dimly lit night sky has a bluish cast.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·April 13, 2016·5 min readHow LSD Can Make Us Lose Our Sense of SelfIncreases in global connectivity in brain networks of people under the influence of LSD correlate with the degree to which a person reported a sense of ego dissolution.Read More