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Surprise Discovery Reveals Second Visual System in Cerebral Cortex: Mouse Study

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 3, 2019

A 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...

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What Are You Looking At? How Attention Affects Decision Making

Neuroscience NewsDecember 19, 2018

Researchers, using eye tracking software, report what we look at helps guide our decisions when faced with two visible choices.... Read More...

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Migraines that Affect Vision May Increase Risk of Irregular Heartbeat

Neuroscience NewsNovember 15, 2018

A new study reports people who experience migraines with visual auras are at increased risk of atrial fibrillation.... Read More...

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Combining Technologies to View the Retina in Unprecedented Detail

Neuroscience NewsNovember 14, 2018

Researchers say adaptive optics enables direct imaging of neural tissue, which could lead to earlier detection of diseases that affect eye tissue.... Read More...

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Brain Learns to Recognize Familiar Faces Regardless of Where They Are in Visual Field

Neuroscience NewsNovember 9, 2018

Researchers report facial recognition varies by where they appear in the visual field, and this variability is reduces through learning familiar faces via social interactions. The study reports repeated social interactions tune visual neurons in the face processing network to enable consistent and rapid rapid recognition of familiar faces.... Read More...

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Link Between What We See and How We Remember ‘Breaks’ As We Age

Neuroscience NewsOctober 29, 2018

A new study reports older adults exhibit greater eye movements, but this does not correlate with an increase in brain activity patterns. Researchers say, while the eyes and brain are taking in environmental information, the link to creating memories of what is seen weakens over a life time.... Read More...

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da Vinci’s Artistic Genius May Have Been Partly Due to Eye Condition

Neuroscience NewsOctober 20, 2018

Researchers report the reason for da Vinci's artistic genius may be the result of an eye condition that gave him an unusual ability to recreate 3D shapes. The study reports a number of other great masters may also have suffered from the same condition.... Read More...

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Just How Blind Are Bats?

Neuroscience NewsOctober 18, 2018

Researchers report not all bats are blind, but some have selected superior acoustic abilities over vision through evolution.... Read More...

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Dish Grown Human Retinas Explain How Color Vision Develops

Neuroscience NewsOctober 14, 2018

Using human retinal tissue grown from stem cells, researchers shed light on how color vision develops. The study found thyroid hormones dictated whether the cells became blue, green or red photoreceptors.... Read More...

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Abnormal Vision in Childhood Can Affect Brain Functions

Neuroscience NewsOctober 13, 2018

Researchers say children with visual problems such as amblyopia may face developmental issues in brain areas responsible for attention.... Read More...

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Irreversible Damage to Color Vision Linked to Popular Erectile Dysfunction Drug

Neuroscience NewsOctober 1, 2018

A new study reports the popular erectile dysfunction drug, Viagra, can cause long term retinal damage and color vision problems in men.... Read More...

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What Catches Our Eye?

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 11, 2018

Researchers report a neural network called the isthmic system helps us to select visual objects that catch our attention.... Read More...

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Surprise Discovery Reveals Second Visual System in Cerebral Cortex: Mouse Study

What Are You Looking At? How Attention Affects Decision Making

Migraines that Affect Vision May Increase Risk of Irregular Heartbeat

Combining Technologies to View the Retina in Unprecedented Detail

Link Between What We See and How We Remember ‘Breaks’ As We Age

da Vinci’s Artistic Genius May Have Been Partly Due to Eye Condition

Just How Blind Are Bats?

Dish Grown Human Retinas Explain How Color Vision Develops

Abnormal Vision in Childhood Can Affect Brain Functions

Irreversible Damage to Color Vision Linked to Popular Erectile Dysfunction Drug

What Catches Our Eye?