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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.

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·June 29, 2016·4 min read

Human Early Visual Cortex Subconsciously Resolves Invisible Conflicts

Researchers conclude that visual competition could occur without conscious representation of the conflicting visual inputs.

Image shows active neurons in the mouse visual cortex.

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·June 10, 2016·5 min read

Neurons Return to Their Original State After a Change

According to researchers, individual cells adjust to changes in their environment, but once the environment returns to its original state, the individual neurons reassume their initial response properties.

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·May 25, 2016·4 min read

Mismatch of Vascular and Neural Responses Suggests Limits of FMRI

According to a new study, during sensory stimulation, increases of blood flow are not precisely tuned to local neural activity, and this can have implications for fMRI neuroimaging.

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·April 11, 2016·6 min read

This is Your Brain on LSD

Neuroimaging study reveals what happens in the brain when people experience visual hallucinations associated with LSD use.

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·March 30, 2016·4 min read

A New Theory of Sleep

A new study reports homeostatic rebalancing does not occur during sleep, but rather during periods of wakefulness.

Image of the Kanizsa triangle optical illusion.

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·March 30, 2016·4 min read

Explaining the Mechanism Behind Optical Illusions

A new study reports the optical illusion tricks you see could be your brain reacting to feedback between neurons in different parts of the visual system.

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·March 28, 2016·4 min read

Research on Largest Network of Cortical Neurons Profiled

Researchers have published the largest network to date of connections between neurons in the cortex, where high-level processing occurs, and have revealed several crucial elements of how networks in the brain are organized.