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·May 29, 2022·3 min read

Changes in Brain’s Visual Areas in Infancy May Precede Autism Diagnosis

Children diagnosed with ASD at 24 months had differences in visual processing areas of the brain which were apparent at six months of age, a new study reports.

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·May 19, 2022·5 min read

Spying on Thousands of Neurons in the Brain’s Vision Center Simultaneously

A novel, custom-built microscope allowed researchers to track the activity of a single neuron across the entire visual cortex.

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·May 16, 2022·5 min read

Binge Drinking Has a Powerful Impact on the Adolescent Brain

Adolescent binge drinking has vast functional implications on the developing brain, researchers report. Binge drinking decreases function in areas responsible for sensory, motor, memory, and cognitive processes.

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·May 7, 2022·5 min read

Newly Discovered Neural Network Gets Visual and Motor Circuits in Sync

Researchers have identified a neural network that connects the legs to the visual system in order to shape walking.

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·April 30, 2022·3 min read

Blind People Remember Language Better Than Sighted People Do

A new study reveals blind people remember speech and language better than sighted people. Researchers say blind people use language as a mental tool to remember information.

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·April 29, 2022·5 min read

How Ritalin Sharpens Attention

Study sheds new light on the neurobiological mechanisms that occur, allowing the ADHD drug Ritalin to improve attention and report the drug could have benefits for a range of cognitive changes associated with aging.

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·April 7, 2022·5 min read

The Format of Working Memory

Researchers have identified how working memory is formatted, revealing visual memory can be flexible.

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·March 13, 2022·5 min read

Is Seeing Believing? How Neural Oscillations Influence Our Conscious Experience

The perceptual accuracy of visual information and its subjective interpretation use separate neural mechanisms that can be manipulated independently of each other.

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·March 11, 2022·4 min read

Open-Access Dataset of Macaque Brain Published

Researchers have released a new open-access data set recorded from the visual cortex of macaque monkeys during resting state.

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·March 1, 2022·4 min read

Disentangling Interactions Across Brain Areas

Feedforward and feedback signaling involves different neural activity patterns. The findings shed new light on how the brain processes visual information.