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·June 9, 2021·6 min read

As Novel Sights Become Familiar, Different Brain Rhythms and Neurons Take Over

As novel visual patterns become familiar, stark changes occur in the visual cortex. Gamma rhythms give way to low-wave beta waves, and the neural activity switches from PV neurons in favor of inhibitory SOM neurons.

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·May 13, 2021·4 min read

Study Reveals Where Memories of Familiar Places Are Stored in the Brain

Researchers have identified three areas of the posterior cerebral cortex that bridge the brain's perception and memory systems.

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·February 20, 2021·4 min read

Neural Pathway Critical to Correcting Behavioral Errors in Psychiatric Disorders Identified

Study identifies a neural pathway associated with error monitoring and attention function in some psychiatric disorders such as ADHD, ASD, and schizophrenia. Researchers say the pathway could be modulated with the help of transcranial magnetic stimulation or transcranial direct current stimulation.

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·December 7, 2020·3 min read

Problems With Depth Perception Caused by Too Many Cells

Too many chandelier cells in the binocular region of the brain impair visual depth perception.

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·October 19, 2020·5 min read

Newborn Brains Lack Maturity to Process Emotions as Adults Do

Brain regions associated with emotional processing are not functionally connected in a mature way to areas associated with auditory and visual processing in newborns.

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·September 17, 2020·6 min read

Live Imaging Method Brings Structural Information to Mapping of Brain Function

Structural and functional coupling in visual areas of the mouse brain can be detected at sub-cellular resolution in vitro.

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·September 11, 2020·5 min read

As Information Flows Through Brain’s Heirarchy, Higher Regions Use Higher Frequency Waves

Study provides new insight into how brain waves control the flow of information through the cortex.

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·August 28, 2020·4 min read

Researchers Reveal a Color Palette in Brain

Study links brain structure to color perceptual function. Microscopy revealed 'hue maps,' or color palettes, in the brain that are spectrally organized arrangements of hue responses.

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·August 20, 2020·6 min read

Paying Attention to the Neurons Behind Our Alertness

Researchers identify three populations of neurons in layer 6 of the cortex that contribute to alertness.

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·August 4, 2020·6 min read

Key Brain Region Was ‘Recycled’ as Humans Developed the Ability to Read

The inferior temporal cortex is capable of performing tasks, such as distinguishing between real and nonsense words and picking out specific letters from words.

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·June 17, 2020·7 min read

Study sheds light on a classic visual illusion

A new study sheds light on why we get tricked by a classic optical illusion. Researchers found brightness estimations occur before visual information reaches the visual cortex, probably originating in the retina.