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Why, Sometimes, We Don’t See What We Actually Saw

Neuroscience NewsOctober 23, 2019

Crashes in visual processing occur when neurons processing one image are tasked with processing another too quickly. This results in either one or both images being unable to reach our conscious awareness.... Read More...

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Retina restructures itself after cell death

Neuroscience NewsJuly 8, 2019

Gene therapy can restore the structure of the retina and regain normal light responses.... Read More...

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Why are we able to see moving objects against moving backgrounds?

Neuroscience NewsJuly 6, 2019

The human brain can desensitize background motion and focus on smaller moving objects in the foreground as a result of activity in the middle temporal visual area. However, our ability to pick out smaller objects changes over time. Younger people are better at picking out foreground objects moving, while those over 65 have heightened awareness of objects moving in the background.... Read More...

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Smart glasses follow our eyes and focus automatically

Neuroscience NewsJuly 1, 2019

A newly designed set of 'smart glasses' could help to correct the vision of millions of people with age-related presbyopia. The autofocals work much like the eyes and include eye tracking sensors which enable to triangulate where a person is looking and determine the precise distance of the object.... Read More...

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Immune system can slow degenerative eye disease: Mouse study

Neuroscience NewsJune 17, 2019

Study reveals C3, which can cause damage in some eye diseases, may help to slow the progression of retinitis pigmentosa.... Read More...

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Could playing computer games improve your peripheral vision?

Neuroscience NewsJune 12, 2019

Peripheral awareness is improved significantly by playing video games designed around peripheral vision.... Read More...

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Does your health in middle age predict how healthy you’ll be later in life?

Neuroscience NewsMay 28, 2019

Vascular and inflammatory problems during middle age, as well as some minor injuries, could be a biomarker for poor brain health in older age. However, brain aging may be delayed by maintaining a healthy diet, weight and level of physical activity as we age.... Read More...

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Developing a headset to transfer visual perceptions from the sighted to the blind

Neuroscience NewsMay 21, 2019

Researchers are developing a new brain-to-brain communication headset that will allow the transfer of visual information from those with sight to the blind. The non-invasive system will 'write' information to neurons reprogrammed to fire in response to magnetic signals. ... Read More...

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New AI Sees Like a Human, Filling in the Blanks

Neuroscience NewsMay 16, 2019

A new deep learning system takes glimpses of its surroundings, representing less than 20% of a 360-degree view and infers the rest of the environment. ... Read More...

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Room for thought: Brain region that watches for walls identified

Neuroscience NewsMay 13, 2019

MEG 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...

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A brain region for Pokémon characters?

Neuroscience NewsMay 6, 2019

Adults who played Pokemon video games as children had preferential activation in the visual system for Pokemon character, researchers report. The finding shed light on the development of the visual system and categorization in the brain. ... Read More...

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Dataset bridges human vision and machine learning

Neuroscience NewsMay 6, 2019

BOLD5000, a new, large scale data set of brain scans of people viewing images, is helping researchers to better understand how the brain processes images. The data set is a big step towards using computer visual models to study biological vision.... Read More...

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Why, Sometimes, We Don’t See What We Actually Saw

Retina restructures itself after cell death

Why are we able to see moving objects against moving backgrounds?

Smart glasses follow our eyes and focus automatically

Immune system can slow degenerative eye disease: Mouse study

Could playing computer games improve your peripheral vision?

Does your health in middle age predict how healthy you’ll be later in life?

Developing a headset to transfer visual perceptions from the sighted to the blind

New AI Sees Like a Human, Filling in the Blanks

Room for thought: Brain region that watches for walls identified

A brain region for Pokémon characters?

Dataset bridges human vision and machine learning