FeaturedNeuroscience·June 10, 2022·4 min readFor Communication Between Brain Areas, Milliseconds MatterResearchers identified how the primary visual cortex and the lateromedial area of the cerebral cortex influence one another, and how this communication changes over rapid timespans.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·August 28, 2020·4 min readResearchers Reveal a Color Palette in BrainStudy links brain structure to color perceptual function. Microscopy revealed 'hue maps,' or color palettes, in the brain that are spectrally organized arrangements of hue responses.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·June 17, 2020·7 min readStudy sheds light on a classic visual illusionA new study sheds light on why we get tricked by a classic optical illusion. Researchers found brightness estimations occur before visual information reaches the visual cortex, probably originating in the retina.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·April 26, 2020·2 min readNeuropeptide somatostatin enhances visual processingThe neuropeptide somatostatin improves visual processing and cognitive behaviors by reducing excitatory inputs to parvalbumin-positive interneurons in mice.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscience·March 5, 2020·5 min readUnderstanding how the brain predicts could make treating autism easierUnderstanding how the brain decides what it should pay attention to is key to understanding how prediction plays a tole in autism.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·June 9, 2019·5 min readNeurons’ “antennae” are unexpectedly active in neural computationWhen the soma of specific neurons is active, the dendrites of the same neuron are also active, even when animals are not engaged in a cognitively demanding task.Read More
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
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
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·November 21, 2018·5 min readNeurons Process Information Differently Depending on Their LocationThe thickness of the brain's neocortex influences how individual neurons process information, a new study reveals.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
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
