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When you spot 1 driving hazard, you may be missing another

Neuroscience NewsJuly 22, 2019

Subsequent search miss causes a reduction in the ability to detect an additional hazard when they spot another. The findings could help modify driver training to help reduce accidents and to develop in-vehicle technologies that focus on accident reduction.... Read More...

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What You Think Is What You See

Neuroscience NewsJuly 17, 2019

Perception and working memory are more deeply entangled than previously believed.... Read More...

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Hit it where it hurts: Scientists reveal how mirrors cure phantom pain

Neuroscience NewsJuly 17, 2019

Visual responsiveness in the somatosensory cortex diminishes significantly following mirror therapy for phantom limb pain. Before therapy, researchers discovered a strong, unexpected activation in the sensorimotor foot region of amputees to visually presented images of the foot. This response was no longer present following mirror therapy.... Read More...

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Why two out of three babies are cradled on the left

Neuroscience NewsJuly 16, 2019

A new study reveals why most people prefer to cradle a baby on the left side.... Read More...

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Area of brain associated with spatial awareness and planning actions also plays crucial role in decision making

Neuroscience NewsJuly 11, 2019

The posterior parietal cortex, an area of the brain implicated in spatial awareness, plays a critical role in visual decision making.... Read More...

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Rosy health and sickly green: color associations play robust role in reading faces

Neuroscience NewsJuly 9, 2019

Facial processing and color processing may engage in similar brain mechanisms.... Read More...

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Retina restructures itself after cell death

Neuroscience NewsJuly 8, 2019

Gene therapy can restore the structure of the retina and regain normal light responses.... Read More...

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Human brains reorganize experiences while resting to find new solutions

Neuroscience NewsJuly 8, 2019

Human replay spontaneously reorganizes experience based on learned structure.... Read More...

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Why are we able to see moving objects against moving backgrounds?

Neuroscience NewsJuly 6, 2019

The human brain can desensitize background motion and focus on smaller moving objects in the foreground as a result of activity in the middle temporal visual area. However, our ability to pick out smaller objects changes over time. Younger people are better at picking out foreground objects moving, while those over 65 have heightened awareness of objects moving in the background.... Read More...

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Researchers controlled the behavior in a mouse’s brain with single-cell precision

Neuroscience NewsJuly 5, 2019

Using holographic optogenetics, researchers were able to control visual behavior in mice by activating neurons in the visual cortex.... Read More...

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Smart glasses follow our eyes and focus automatically

Neuroscience NewsJuly 1, 2019

A newly designed set of 'smart glasses' could help to correct the vision of millions of people with age-related presbyopia. The autofocals work much like the eyes and include eye tracking sensors which enable to triangulate where a person is looking and determine the precise distance of the object.... Read More...

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Brain cells for 3D vision discovered

Neuroscience NewsJune 28, 2019

Researchers have identified neurons in the brains of praying mantises that are able to compute 3D direction and distance. The findings may help to develop better technology for machine and robotic vision. ... Read More...

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When you spot 1 driving hazard, you may be missing another

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When you spot 1 driving hazard, you may be missing another

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Same repeated stretch of DNA in three neurodegenerative diseases

AI

Electronic chip mimics the brain to make memories in a flash

Deep learning algorithm solves Rubik’s Cube faster than any human

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Robotics

3D printed prosthetic hand can guess how you play Rock, Paper, Scissors

Brain cells for 3D vision discovered

Psychology

When you spot 1 driving hazard, you may be missing another

Canned laughter works and makes ‘dad jokes’ funny

visual neuroscience

When you spot 1 driving hazard, you may be missing another

What You Think Is What You See

Hit it where it hurts: Scientists reveal how mirrors cure phantom pain

Why two out of three babies are cradled on the left

Area of brain associated with spatial awareness and planning actions also plays crucial role in decision making

Rosy health and sickly green: color associations play robust role in reading faces

Retina restructures itself after cell death

Human brains reorganize experiences while resting to find new solutions

Why are we able to see moving objects against moving backgrounds?

Researchers controlled the behavior in a mouse’s brain with single-cell precision

Smart glasses follow our eyes and focus automatically

Brain cells for 3D vision discovered