FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·March 13, 2022·5 min readIs Seeing Believing? How Neural Oscillations Influence Our Conscious ExperienceThe perceptual accuracy of visual information and its subjective interpretation use separate neural mechanisms that can be manipulated independently of each other.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 11, 2022·4 min readOpen-Access Dataset of Macaque Brain PublishedResearchers have released a new open-access data set recorded from the visual cortex of macaque monkeys during resting state.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 1, 2022·4 min readDisentangling Interactions Across Brain AreasFeedforward and feedback signaling involves different neural activity patterns. The findings shed new light on how the brain processes visual information.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 24, 2022·5 min readNew Information About the Effects of Sleep on the Human BrainStudy sheds light on how various types of pulsations in the brain change while a person sleeps.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 1, 2022·4 min readFinding Structure in the Brain’s StaticWave patterns provide a deeper insight into sleep, consciousness, and attention.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 31, 2022·4 min readA New Type of Cellular Communication in the BrainResearchers have identified hundreds of proteins that are consistently transported throughout the healthy brain via small membrane-enclosed sacs. The findings reveal a new form of communication between brain cells.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·November 26, 2021·2 min readHow Can Our Brain Still Perceive Familiar Objects Even When They Become Indistinct?Researchers have identified a flexible mechanism of visual information representation that alters in correlation to visual contrasts.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·November 15, 2021·6 min readA Key Brain Region Responds to Faces Similarly in Infants and AdultsThe fusiform face area, an area of the visual cortex responsible for facial processing, develops much earlier than previously believed.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·September 25, 2021·5 min readMice’s Learning Skills Help Researchers Pinpointing Brain Areas Where Acquired Knowledge Is StoredStudy 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.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 14, 2021·3 min readLSD-Triggered Altered Behaviors Linked to Abnormal Brain CommunicationAltered behaviors associated with LSD may be caused by a reduction in the normal communication between the hippocampus and visual cortex.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·September 8, 2021·7 min readBehind the Scenes, Brain Circuit Ensures Vision Remains ReliableWhile 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.Read More