FeaturedNeurologyVisual Neuroscience·November 15, 2015·2 min readDigital Treatment for Lazy EyeResearchers report programmable electronic glasses effectively help improve vision in children with amblyopia.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·November 11, 2015·5 min readFaster Brain Waves Make Shorter Gaps in the Visual SystemA new study investigates how the speed of our brain waves helps us process visual information.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 9, 2015·4 min readParkinson’s Drug Could Help Save SightA new study reports L-DOPA may be able to delay or prevent macular degeneration associated with aging.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·November 6, 2015·3 min readA Neural Match For the Complexity of the Visual WorldA new study provides insights into how our brain extracts information about our natural surroundings from the light captured by our eyes.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 12, 2015·7 min readMaking Sense of an Ambiguous World: How Hallucinations EmergedA new study suggests hallucinations arose to help us enhance our tendency to make sense of the world around us and could help explain why some people are more prone to hallucinations that others.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 5, 2015·3 min readVisual Cortex Can Make DecisionsResearchers report they have discovered a surprising role the visual cortex plays in decision making.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·October 5, 2015·6 min readIT Looks Familiar: How The Brain Recognizes ObjectsA new study provides evidence that the inferior temporal cortex can identify objects.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·September 30, 2015·3 min readResearchers Identify Neurons That Selectively Respond to Intermediate ColorsResearchers report they have identified neurons in the visual cortex that selectively respond to an intermediate color, not just primary colors.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 29, 2015·4 min readThe Brain Perceives Motion the Same Way Through Both Vision and TouchAccording to researchers, the brain uses similar calculations to measure the speed and direction of objects in motion whether they are visually perceived or touched.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychologyVisual Neuroscience·September 28, 2015·5 min readHumans and Monkey See Visual Illusions in Similar WaysA new study reveals humans and monkeys perceive visual illusions the same way.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 3, 2015·3 min readMoving Closer to Curing Common Cause of BlindnessResearchers report they have been successful in restoring vision to mice with retinitis pigmentosa.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·August 31, 2015·5 min readGenetic Link to Nearsightedness in Children Who Spend a Lot of Time ReadingAccording to a new study, children with a variant of the APLP2 gene were up-to five times more likely to develop myopia if they spent more than an hour a day reading.Read More