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·August 28, 2020·4 min read

Researchers Reveal a Color Palette in Brain

Study 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.

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·August 17, 2020·5 min read

How the Brain’s Internal States Affect Decision-Making

Animals slowly shift their likelihood of detecting stimulus changes over ten minutes. Researchers found the activity of neural populations from the V4 visual area and prefrontal cortex slowly drifted together with the behavioral fluctuations. The slow drift acts as an impulsivity signal.

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·August 4, 2020·6 min read

Key Brain Region Was ‘Recycled’ as Humans Developed the Ability to Read

The inferior temporal cortex is capable of performing tasks, such as distinguishing between real and nonsense words and picking out specific letters from words.

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·May 28, 2020·3 min read

Which areas of our brains represent the colors we see?

Neuroimaging study sheds new light on how we perceive colors. Activity in higher visual cortex areas matched the colors test subjects saw.

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·May 3, 2019·6 min read

Artificial neural networks can be used to drive brain activity

Current deep learning models are able to create images strongly enough to activate specific neurons in the visual cortex. However, researchers say more accurate artificial neural network models should be developed to help produce more accurate control.

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·May 29, 2018·5 min read

Research Opens New Doors For Brain Disorder Treatments

Study reveals the how the brain maintains attention on an object while the eyes make rapid, voluntary movements. The findings could open the door to developing new treatments for a number of neurological disorders.

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·March 29, 2018·4 min read

Increasing Understanding of the Coarse-to-Fine Human Visual Perception

A new study reveals neurons in the V4 area of the visual cortex do not necessarily need to have low visual resolution.

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·August 4, 2016·4 min read

Timing is Everything When it Comes to Recognizing Shapes

A new study reports vision relies on patterns of brain activity.

Outline of a human head. The brain is shown in pink and there are purple lines streaming from the eyes.

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·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.

Three photos showing size differences of same person in different positions.

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·September 28, 2015·4 min read

Neural Mechanism of Size Constancy Clarified

According to a new study, neurons in the visual cortical area V4 calculate the size of an object based on information on its retinal image size and distance from the object.

This image shows a brain with colored dots and lines connecting different cortical regions.

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·June 19, 2015·6 min read

Multiple Cortical Regions Work Together to Process Sensorimotor Information

According to new research, multiple cortical regions work together to process sensorimotor information, despite having predetermined specialized roles.