Featured·May 14, 2012·6 min readNew Type of Retinal Prosthesis Could Better Restore Sight to BlindUsing tiny solar-panel-like cells surgically placed underneath the retina, scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have devised a...Read More
FeaturedPsychology·May 14, 2012·2 min readLet There Be Light: It’s Good for Our BrainsEPFL scientists have proven that light intensity influences our cognitive performance and how alert we feel, and that these positive...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 24, 2012·2 min readHow Your Eyes Deceive YouResearchers at the University of Sydney have thrown new light on the tricks the brain plays as it struggles to...Read More
FeaturedNeurology·April 20, 2012·3 min readSingle Neuron Observations Mark Steps in Alzheimer’s DiseaseMultiple disease-related changes progress in parallel through distinct stages. Studying a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, neuroscientists at the Technische...Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·April 18, 2012·3 min readPhotoreceptor Transplant Restores Vision in MiceScientists from the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology have shown for the first time that transplanting light-sensitive photoreceptors into the eyes...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 3, 2012·4 min readPositive Stress Helps Protect Eye from GlaucomaWorking in mice, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have devised a treatment that prevents the...Read More
Neurology·April 2, 2012·2 min readStudy Raises Hopes for Treatment of StrokeTherapy to mend parts of the brain damaged by strokes has moved a step closer, thanks to research at Monash...Read More
FeaturedPsychology·March 23, 2012·2 min readThe Impossible Staircase in Our Heads: How We Visualize the World Around UsOur interpretation of the world around us may have more in common with the impossible staircase illusion than it does...Read More
Psychology·February 17, 2012·2 min readChess Experts Help Researchers Understand How We See the WorldUT Dallas team aids study of how humans view game boards, faces and other visual information. Just as expert chess...Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurology·February 8, 2012·4 min readGene Therapy for Inherited Blindness Succeeds in Patients’ Other EyeIn three adults, repeat dose safely improves vision. Gene therapy for congenital blindness has taken another step forward, as researchers...Read More
Neurology·February 7, 2012·3 min readWarning! Collision Imminent!The brain’s quick interceptions help you navigate the world. When you are about to collide into something and manage to...Read More
Neuroscience·February 6, 2012·2 min readWorking Memory and the BrainVisual working memory not as specialized in the brain as visual encoding, study finds. Researchers have long known that specific...Read More
