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Image shows the location of the primary visual cortex in the brain.

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·November 6, 2015·3 min read

A Neural Match For the Complexity of the Visual World

A new study provides insights into how our brain extracts information about our natural surroundings from the light captured by our eyes.

Image shows a drawing of two eyes with different colored pupils.

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·October 12, 2015·7 min read

Making Sense of an Ambiguous World: How Hallucinations Emerged

A 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.

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·October 5, 2015·3 min read

Visual Cortex Can Make Decisions

Researchers report they have discovered a surprising role the visual cortex plays in decision making.

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

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·October 5, 2015·6 min read

IT Looks Familiar: How The Brain Recognizes Objects

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

Image shows a brain scan with the neuron areas highlighted in different colors.

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·September 30, 2015·3 min read

Researchers Identify Neurons That Selectively Respond to Intermediate Colors

Researchers report they have identified neurons in the visual cortex that selectively respond to an intermediate color, not just primary colors.

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·September 29, 2015·4 min read

The Brain Perceives Motion the Same Way Through Both Vision and Touch

According to researchers, the brain uses similar calculations to measure the speed and direction of objects in motion whether they are visually perceived or touched.

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·September 28, 2015·5 min read

Humans and Monkey See Visual Illusions in Similar Ways

A new study reveals humans and monkeys perceive visual illusions the same way.

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·September 3, 2015·3 min read

Moving Closer to Curing Common Cause of Blindness

Researchers report they have been successful in restoring vision to mice with retinitis pigmentosa.

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·August 31, 2015·5 min read

Genetic Link to Nearsightedness in Children Who Spend a Lot of Time Reading

According 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.

A VG3 amacrine cell (top, in green) is shown superimposed with an object motion detector cell (bottom, green). Each of the neurons is expressing sidekick-2, an adhesion molecule that allows the two neurons to find each other and connect. G: Nerve. Credit: Dr. Joshua R. Sanes.

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·August 31, 2015·6 min read

Built-In Delay Allows Us to See Small Moving Objects

A new study reveals how motion sensing neurons are linked to other cells in the eye.

This image shows a synaptic terminals captured via the brainbow technique.

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·August 27, 2015·4 min read

Surprising Data About Visual Connections in the Brain Revealed by ‘Brainbow’

A new study contradicts other research which indicates neurodevelopment weeds out most of the connections between retinal ganglion axons and target cells in the brain.

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·August 25, 2015·6 min read

Omega 3 Supplements Do Not Slow Cognitive Decline, Study Reports

A new study reports the dietary supplement Omega 3 does not slow cognitive decline in older people, especially if they already have preexisting cognitive problems.