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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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·March 25, 2022·5 min read

Attention to Objects in Peripheral Vision Is Not Driven by Tiny Eye Movements

While microsaccades appear to boost or diminish the strength of brain signals associated with attention, eye movements are not drivers for these brain signals.

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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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·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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·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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·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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·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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·January 31, 2022·4 min read

“Do You See What I See?” Study Shows Cross-Cultural Variation in Maternal Focus During Parent-Child Interactions

Study sheds new light on the roles of social interactions and cultural diversity in the development of attention.

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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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·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.