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·May 20, 2025·4 min read

Color Knowledge Tied to Language-Visual Brain Circuitry

A new study shows that our ability to recall details about familiar objects—like a banana’s typical color—depends on strong connections between visual and language-processing areas of the brain. Researchers found that stroke patients with disrupted neural pathways between these regions had weaker object-color knowledge and altered brain activity.

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·May 19, 2025·3 min read

When Sight Meets Sound: How the Brain Binds Audiovisual Memories

Our brains don’t just remember what we see and hear, they fuse the two into cohesive memories. A new study reveals that when visual and auditory speech cues are synchronized, they trigger rhythmic brain activity that strengthens memory formation.

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·May 15, 2025·6 min read

Eye Pressure May Trigger Irreversible Vision Loss

New research reveals how elevated eye pressure distorts blood vessels and disrupts oxygen delivery, potentially accelerating the progression of glaucoma, a leading cause of irreversible vision loss. Using advanced 3D modeling and fluorescent dyes, scientists found that even mild increases in eye pressure can restrict blood flow in the optic nerve region.

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·May 12, 2025·5 min read

How Your Brain Splits Space to Double Its Perception Power

Despite popular myths about left- and right-brain thinking, research shows the hemispheres truly do divide up certain tasks—especially visual spatial perception. A new review reveals how each hemisphere processes the opposite side of your field of vision, not only early on but even in higher-level cognition like attention and memory.

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·May 10, 2025·6 min read

Eye Movements Set the Speed Limit for What You Can See

The speed of your eye movements, called saccades, determines how fast an object can move before it becomes invisible to you. Objects that mimic the speed and trajectory of saccades can essentially "vanish" from perception, showing that our own movements shape what we can and can't see.

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·May 9, 2025·4 min read

B Vitamins May Halt Glaucoma Progression

Glaucoma damages the optic nerve and is usually managed by reducing eye pressure, though treatment effects vary. Researchers have long suspected a link with homocysteine, but new findings reveal it is a bystander, not a driver of the disease.

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·May 8, 2025·4 min read

How Surprises Trigger Prediction Errors in the Brain

Our brains constantly predict sensory input, and mismatches between expectation and reality trigger prediction error signals. While past research focused on vision, new experiments show that the auditory cortex also produces strong signals when expected sounds are absent.

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·May 7, 2025·5 min read

Low Blood Sugar Triggers Retinal Damage, Vision Loss

New research reveals that hypoglycemia may worsen diabetic retinopathy by breaking down the blood-retinal barrier. In diabetic mice, low blood sugar increased levels of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), a protein linked to abnormal blood vessel growth and leakage.

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·May 3, 2025·5 min read

Facial Movements and Pupils Reveal Tinnitus Severity

Researchers have identified new biomarkers for tinnitus by tracking pupil dilation and subtle facial movements linked to distress levels. Using AI-powered video analysis, they found that severe tinnitus sufferers showed constant pupil dilation and reduced facial responses to sounds, indicating heightened vigilance and chronic distress.

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·May 2, 2025·8 min read

How Visual Neurons Adapt in Real Time

New research reveals that neurons in the visual cortex are far more adaptable than previously thought, responding dynamically to complex stimuli during object recognition tasks. While visual processing has traditionally been viewed as mostly feedforward, this study shows that feedback from higher brain areas conveys prior knowledge and behavioral context to shape perception.

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·April 25, 2025·5 min read

Eyes Reveal Intentions Faster Than We Think

Humans can detect another person’s intentions just by observing their eyes, even before any movement takes place. In experiments where participants watched video clips of people about to shift their gaze, viewers responded faster when the gaze was self-directed rather than instructed.

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·April 23, 2025·9 min read

Human Eyes See New Color “Olo” for the First Time

Scientists have created a technology called Oz that stimulates individual photoreceptor cells in the human eye to create an entirely new, ultra-saturated color never seen in nature—dubbed olo. Using microdoses of laser light, Oz activates specific combinations of cone cells to generate this vivid blue-green hue, which vanishes the moment the precision targeting is disrupted.

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visual neuroscience

Color Knowledge Tied to Language-Visual Brain Circuitry

When Sight Meets Sound: How the Brain Binds Audiovisual Memories

Eye Pressure May Trigger Irreversible Vision Loss

How Your Brain Splits Space to Double Its Perception Power

Eye Movements Set the Speed Limit for What You Can See

B Vitamins May Halt Glaucoma Progression

How Surprises Trigger Prediction Errors in the Brain

Low Blood Sugar Triggers Retinal Damage, Vision Loss

Facial Movements and Pupils Reveal Tinnitus Severity

How Visual Neurons Adapt in Real Time

Eyes Reveal Intentions Faster Than We Think

Human Eyes See New Color “Olo” for the First Time

Smarter Minds Predict Better: IQ Linked to Sharper Life Forecasting

Brain Structure Differences Linked to Antisocial Traits in Psychopathy

Short Naps Linked to “Aha” Moments and Creative Insight

Robotic Heart Transplant Marks Surgical Breakthrough

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