The brain’s quick interceptions help you navigate the world. When you are about to collide into something and manage to... Read More
Therapy to mend parts of the brain damaged by strokes has moved a step closer, thanks to research at Monash... Read More
Multiple disease-related changes progress in parallel through distinct stages. Studying a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, neuroscientists at the Technische... Read More
Researchers at the University of Sydney have thrown new light on the tricks the brain plays as it struggles to... Read More
Have you ever wondered why you can remember things from long ago as if they happened yesterday, yet sometimes can't recall what you ate for dinner last night? A new study suggests it's because how much something means to you actually influences how you see it as well as how vividly you can recall it later. Read More
Researchers have given rats the ability to "touch" infrared light by fitting them with an infrared detector wired to microscopic electrodes implanted in the part of the mammalian brain that processes tactile information. The study demonstrated that a novel sensory input could be processed by a cortical region specialized in another sense without "hijacking" the function of this brain area. Read More
Researchers discover neurons regulate their own excitability so that the activity level in networks remains as constant as possible. Read More
Researcher report a brain region which responds to a particular category of objects consists of a small cluster of neurons which encodes the visual features of these objects. Read More
Using computer models, researchers discover melanopsin pigment in the eye is more sensitive to light than rhodopsin pigment. Read More
Researchers discover our ability to process directional movements is a result of cortical activation of signals which originate from retinal neurons. Read More
Researchers report human perceptual motion bias in low contrast scenes is encoded within the visual cortex. Read More
Researchers identify areas in the cerebral cortex which are affected in mice with absence epilepsy. Transplanting embryonic neural cells into these areas, the researchers were able to alleviate the symptoms of the disease by reducing seizure activity. Read More
