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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.

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·May 31, 2020·2 min read

Brain imaging demonstrates weaker neural suppression in those on the autism spectrum

Abnormal sensory processing associated with ASD has been linked to weaker neural suppression in the visual cortex.

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·May 28, 2020·3 min read

Which areas of our brains represent the colors we see?

Neuroimaging study sheds new light on how we perceive colors. Activity in higher visual cortex areas matched the colors test subjects saw.

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·May 14, 2020·3 min read

Dynamic stimulation of the visual cortex allows blind and sighted people to ‘see’ shapes

A visual cortical prosthesis can restore sight by bypassing damage to the eyes and delivering visual information retrieved from a camera directly to the brain.

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·May 6, 2020·6 min read

How strong is your mental imagery? It might depend on how ‘excitable’ your neurons are

The strength of a person's mental imagery is associated with excitability in the prefrontal cortex and visual cortex. Highly excitable neurons in the visual cortex may reduce a person's ability to imagine mental images. The findings shed light on how aphantasia, a condition where a person can not imaging mental images, may occur.