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·September 25, 2021·5 min read

Mice’s Learning Skills Help Researchers Pinpointing Brain Areas Where Acquired Knowledge Is Stored

Study finds part of the category knowledge is already present in the early visual brain areas, revealing how widespread semantic memories are stored throughout the brain.

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·September 14, 2021·3 min read

LSD-Triggered Altered Behaviors Linked to Abnormal Brain Communication

Altered behaviors associated with LSD may be caused by a reduction in the normal communication between the hippocampus and visual cortex.

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·September 8, 2021·7 min read

Behind the Scenes, Brain Circuit Ensures Vision Remains Reliable

While some types of excitatory neurons respond to images and represent them in the visual cortex, the activity of two types of inhibitory interneurons combine in a circuit to reinforce visual stability and reliability.

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·August 27, 2021·3 min read

Neurons in Visual Cortex of the Brain ‘Drift’ Over Time

Neurons in the visual cortex change their response to the same stimuli over time.

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·July 27, 2021·4 min read

How Decisions About What We See Are Relayed Back Through the Brain

Study reveals how decisions based on visual information, which involves a complex stream of data flowing forwards and backward along the visual pathways, are broadcast widely to neurons in the visual system, including those not involved in the decision-making process.

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·July 12, 2021·3 min read

How Learning Braille Changes Brain Structure Over Time

A study of people learning to read braille reveals how white matter reorganizes itself across different brain regions and timeframes to meet the brain's needs.

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·July 8, 2021·3 min read

Brain Mechanism That Automatically Links Objects in Our Minds Identified

Combining machine learning with neuroimaging data, researchers identified a brain region that appears to govern contextual associations.

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·July 6, 2021·6 min read

Study Reveals Source of Remarkable Memory of “Superagers”

The structure of SuperAgers' brains and the connectivity of their neural networks more closely resembles the brains of younger adults, a neuroimaging study reveals.

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·June 26, 2021·4 min read

Pseudo-Hallucinations: Why Some People See More Vivid Mental Images Than Others – Test Yourself Here

Study reveals people who experience intense visual imagery during a Ganzflicker test have naturally lower frequency rhythms in the visual cortex, making them more susceptible to pseudo-hallucinations.

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·June 13, 2021·4 min read

Aphantasia Explained: Some People Can’t Form Mental Pictures

Aphantasia is marked by the inability to generate visual images in the mind's eye. Researchers explore the neurobiological basis for the disorder.

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·June 9, 2021·6 min read

As Novel Sights Become Familiar, Different Brain Rhythms and Neurons Take Over

As novel visual patterns become familiar, stark changes occur in the visual cortex. Gamma rhythms give way to low-wave beta waves, and the neural activity switches from PV neurons in favor of inhibitory SOM neurons.