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·February 5, 2013·2 min read

Researchers Spot Attention Deficits in Babies who Later Develop Autism

Researchers detect deficits in social attention in infants as young as six months of age who later develop Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

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·February 18, 2013·2 min read

Eye Movements Reveal Impaired Reading in Schizophrenia

A new study which looked at eye movement in patients with Schizophrenia provides evidence of difficulties in reading fluency. The findings could help to provide early identification of the mental illness for some individuals.

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·March 20, 2013·3 min read

Atypical Brain Circuits May Cause Slower Gaze Shifting in Infants Who Later Develop Autism

Infants at 7 months of age who go on to develop autism are slower to reorient their gaze and attention from one object to another when compared to 7-month-olds who do not develop autism, and this behavioral pattern is in part explained by atypical brain circuits.

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·June 26, 2013·2 min read

How Visual Attention Affects the Brain

New research shows visual attention increases the efficiency of signaling into the cerebral cortex.

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·January 14, 2015·2 min read

Electrical Stimulation ‘Tunes’ Visual Attention Using Long Term Memory

A new study challenges current understanding of how visual attention is focused, as well as the roles of long and short term memory.

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·November 20, 2015·4 min read

Infants With Blind Parents Pay Less Attention to Eyes

A new study reports infants with blind parents pay less attention to adults' eye gaze.

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·November 14, 2016·2 min read

How Visual Attention Selects Important Information

A new study reveals multiple functions of visual attention.

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·January 25, 2017·6 min read

Fixating on Faces: Face Cell Activation Depends on Where You Are Paying Attention

Study could shed light on the mechanisms behind social cognitive defects associated with autism.

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·July 5, 2017·3 min read

Gaze Direction Affects Sound Sensitivity

A new study reports that listening to something while looking in a different direction may slow reaction times and increase the effort for auditory attention.

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·September 25, 2017·4 min read

Visual Brain Drawn to Meaning, Not What Stands Out

Researchers report our visual attention pays most attention to parts of a scene that have meaning to us, not the parts that stick out.

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·April 10, 2020·5 min read

Video games improve the visual attention of expert players

If you're playing video games to help kill time during social distancing, you might be improving your visual attention abilities. Researchers found experienced gamers have faster information processing abilities and can allocate more cognitive power to individual visual stimuli. Playing video games can cause long-term changes in the brain and lead to improvements in temporal visual selective attention.