FeaturedNeurosciencevisual neuroscience·May 28, 2020Which 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. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 18, 2020The brain’s facial recognition area doesn’t differentiate outgroup membersA new study reports difficulty in telling members of an "outgroup" apart is linked to visual processing. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articlesvisual neuroscience·May 14, 2020Dynamic stimulation of the visual cortex allows blind and sighted people to ‘see’ shapesA visual cortical prosthesis can restore sight by bypassing damage to the eyes and delivering visual information retrieved from a camera directly to the brain. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articlesvisual neuroscience·May 14, 2020Mouse and human eye movements share important similarityNew eye-tracking technology monitors naturalistic eye movements in mice and discovers similarities and differences with human eye movement. Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencevisual neuroscience·May 12, 2020What we can’t see can help us find thingsTo spot a missing item, people are 20% faster at locating what they are looking for if they factor in latent physical traits, like hardness or softness. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articlesvisual neuroscience·May 12, 2020Why visual perception is a decision processPrediction errors play a role in the context of dynamic perceptual events that take place within fractions of a second. Findings support the hypothesis that visual perception occurs as a result of a decision process. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articlesvisual neuroscience·May 6, 2020How strong is your mental imagery? It might depend on how ‘excitable’ your neurons areThe 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. Read More
artificial intelligencedeep learningFeaturedmachine learningNeurosciencevisual neuroscience·May 3, 2020AI supported test for very early signs of glaucoma progressionA new artificial intelligence algorithm can detect the progression of glaucoma up to 18 months earlier than conventional methods. Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articlesvisual neuroscience·May 1, 2020New gene therapy for complete color blindness tested in patientsNew gene therapy may help those with achromatopsia, or complete color blindness, to improve visual function. The treatment targets the CNGA3 gene, which is implicated in one-third of achromatopsia cases. Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencevisual neuroscience·May 1, 2020Seeing is ConceivingVisually represented information is a functional part of conceptual knowledge. The extend of the visual representations is influenced by visual experience. Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·April 30, 2020Scientists regenerate neurons in mice with spinal cord injury and optic nerve damageLIN28, a molecule that regulates cell growth could help in the treatment of spinal cord injury and optic nerve damage. When expressed above normal levels, the molecule fuels axon growth in mice with injury, enabling the body to repair damaged nerves. Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencevisual neuroscience·April 30, 2020Eyes send an unexpected signal to the brainA new study puts into question conventional belief that the eyes communicate with the brain exclusively via one signaling pathway. Researchers have identified a subset of retinal neurons that sends inhibitory signals to the brain. This subset of neurons is also involved in the synchronization of circadian rhythms to light/dark cycles and pupil constriction to bright light intensity. Read More
