vision

New study reshapes understanding of how the brain recovers from injury

Neuroscience NewsMarch 20, 2019

Retinal ganglion cell survival following a stroke depends on whether the pathway to the primary visual area remains active. Cells connected to inactive areas of the visual cortex suffer atrophy and degenerate, leading to permanent visual impairment.... Read More...

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With single gene insertion, blind mice regain sight

Neuroscience NewsMarch 17, 2019

Gene therapy that targets retinal ganglion cells with light-sensitive cone opsins helps restore vision in mice. Researchers report a potential human treatment could be available within three years. ... Read More...

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Nanotech Makes it Possible for Mice to See In Infrared

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 28, 2019

Researchers use nanotech to enhance vision in mice, enabling them to see infrared light as well as visible light.... Read More...

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Making Sense of How the Blind ‘See’ Color

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 28, 2019

Researchers suggest blind and sighted people experience visual phenomena differently, but share a common understanding of them.... Read More...

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How the Brain Processes Images

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 22, 2019

Researchers report signals from the retina are subjected to selective processing at the earliest neural way-station in the functional pathway connecting the retina to the visual cortex.... Read More...

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Heavy Smoking Can Damage Vision

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 18, 2019

A new study reports those who smoke 20 or more cigarettes a day have a reduced ability to discriminate contrast and colors compared to non smokers. ... Read More...

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Brain Represents Optical Illusion as Delayed Reality

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 18, 2019

Researchers report the same subset of neurons encode actual and illusory flow motion, supporting the concept Jan Purkinje proposed 150 years ago, that "illusions contain visual truth".... Read More...

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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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News

New study reshapes understanding of how the brain recovers from injury

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

Inflammation inhibitor blocks neurodevelopmental disorders in mouse model

Neuroscience

New study reshapes understanding of how the brain recovers from injury

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

Inflammation inhibitor blocks neurodevelopmental disorders in mouse model

Neurology

New study reshapes understanding of how the brain recovers from injury

Inflammation inhibitor blocks neurodevelopmental disorders in mouse model

Experimental blood test accurately spots fibromyalgia

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

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Deep brain stimulation provides sustained relief for severe depression

Bartonella Infection and Sudden Onset Adolescent Schizophrenia: Case Study

New study reshapes understanding of how the brain recovers from injury

With single gene insertion, blind mice regain sight

Nanotech Makes it Possible for Mice to See In Infrared

Making Sense of How the Blind ‘See’ Color

How the Brain Processes Images

Heavy Smoking Can Damage Vision

Brain Represents Optical Illusion as Delayed Reality

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