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Research Opens New Doors For Brain Disorder Treatments

Neuroscience NewsMay 29, 2018

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.... Read More...

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

Neuroscience NewsMarch 29, 2018

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

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Timing is Everything When it Comes to Recognizing Shapes

Neuroscience NewsAugust 4, 2016

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

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

IT Looks Familiar: How The Brain Recognizes Objects

Neuroscience NewsOctober 5, 2015

A new study provides evidence that the inferior temporal cortex can identify objects. ... Read More...

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Neural Mechanism of Size Constancy Clarified

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 28, 2015

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.... Read More...

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

Multiple Cortical Regions Work Together to Process Sensorimotor Information

Neuroscience NewsJune 19, 2015

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

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The image shows a selection of different objects the computer program is able to identify.

In One Aspect of Vision, Computers Catch up to Primate Brain

Neuroscience NewsDecember 18, 2014

Researchers report their new artificial neural network can identify objects as well as the primate brain can. ... Read More...

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News

Eating breakfast with parents is associated with positive body image for teenagers

New drug combination shows promise for common pediatric brain tumor

Sleep and aging: Two sides of one coin?

Neuroscience

New drug combination shows promise for common pediatric brain tumor

Sleep and aging: Two sides of one coin?

Child and adolescent anxiety could be linked to later alcohol problems

Neurology

New drug combination shows promise for common pediatric brain tumor

Researchers point to a common cause in sudden death syndromes

New study reshapes understanding of how the brain recovers from injury

AI

Brain-inspired AI inspires insights about the brain (and vice versa)

AI and MRIs at birth can predict cognitive development at age 2

A robotic leg, born without prior knowledge, learns to walk

Robotics

The robots that dementia caregivers want: Robots for joy, robots for sorrow

Seeing through a robot’s eyes helps those with profound motor impairments

A robotic leg, born without prior knowledge, learns to walk

Psychology

Eating breakfast with parents is associated with positive body image for teenagers

Child and adolescent anxiety could be linked to later alcohol problems

When neurons are out of shape, antidepressants may not work

V4

Research Opens New Doors For Brain Disorder Treatments

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

Timing is Everything When it Comes to Recognizing Shapes

IT Looks Familiar: How The Brain Recognizes Objects

Neural Mechanism of Size Constancy Clarified

Multiple Cortical Regions Work Together to Process Sensorimotor Information

In One Aspect of Vision, Computers Catch up to Primate Brain