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·October 31, 2016·5 min read

Balancing Time and Space in the Brain

A new model provides a much richer understanding of how activity is coordinated between neurons in neural circuits, researchers claim.

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·October 25, 2016·3 min read

After Blindness, The Adult Brain Can Learn to See Again

A new study uses retinal prosthetics to assess the brain's ability to process visual information years after blindness occurs.

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·October 12, 2016·4 min read

Visual Cortex Plays Role in Plasticity of Eye Movement Reflex

Researchers discover an unexpected role for the visual cortex in promoting the plasticity of innate eye movements.

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·September 12, 2016·7 min read

Study Reveals Weight Loss Drug’s Effect on Brain

Researchers report a weight loss dampens the response to food cues in areas of the brain associated with emotion and attention.

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·September 8, 2016·4 min read

Linking Perception to Action

Researchers map the neural activation that occurs during the delay between sensation and action.

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·August 30, 2016·5 min read

Amputees’ Brains Remember Missing Hands Even Years Later

Researchers report that in a patient who lost their hand almost three decades ago, the brain maintains an accurate representation of the missing fingers.

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·August 11, 2016·5 min read

Researchers Reprogram Network of Brain Cells in Mice With Thin Beam of Light

A new optogenetics study adds support for brain plasticity.

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·August 9, 2016·4 min read

Opening the Door For Vision Prosthetic Prototypes

A new initiative is funding ground breaking research into visual prosthetic prototypes.

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·August 4, 2016·4 min read

Timing is Everything When it Comes to Recognizing Shapes

A new study reports vision relies on patterns of brain activity.

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·July 8, 2016·5 min read

Sparking Sharper Sight: Mild Electrical Current May Improve Vision

A new study reveals stimulating the visual cortex for 20 minutes with a mild electrical current can improve vision for 2 hours.

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·June 30, 2016·6 min read

MRI Technique Induces Strong and Enduring Visual Associations

Researchers induce people to perceive colors that were't really there and provide evidence that the V1 and V2 visual areas are capable of associative learning.