FeaturedNeurosciencePsychologyVisual Neuroscience·July 19, 2022·6 min readStudy Finds Widespread False Memories of Logos and Characters, Including Mr. Monopoly and PikachuWhen it comes to famous logos and characters, people often experience a Visual Mandela Effect, or consistent, confident, and widespread false memories of such famous icons.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychologyVisual Neuroscience·July 16, 2022·5 min readA Brain Network for Social AttractionA special network that runs from the retina deep into the brain may help mediate social attraction, a new study reveals.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·July 12, 2022·4 min readA Role for Vision in the Development of Inhibitory NetworksInhibitory and excitatory networks in the brain's visual system develop through different processes, even if the organization of the networks is similar.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·July 12, 2022·3 min readNew Human Cell Line Developed to Study Blinding Eye DisordersResearchers have developed a new experimental human cell line from retinal pigment epithelial cells, dubbed ABC cells, that can assist with the study of blinding eye diseases, including age-related macular degeneration.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·July 12, 2022·5 min readAge-Related Macular Degeneration Is Strongly Associated With Heart Disease and StrokeAge-related macular degeneration with subretinal drusenoid deposits was associated with high-risk vascular diseases, including increased stroke risk and cardiovascular disease.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·July 10, 2022·4 min readRetinal Circuits for Circadian Rhythm and Pupillary Light Response DecodedIn mice, photoreceptor cells drive vision and non-vision functions using distinct circuits in the eye.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·July 9, 2022·5 min readSpot the Difference: Brain Changes That Enable Fine Visual Discrimination LearningStudy uncovers the neural changes that occur during learning to improve discrimination of closely related visual objects.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·July 7, 2022·5 min readBrain Pathway That Helps to Explain Light’s Effect on Mood DiscoveredNeuroimaging study reveals how light-sensitive signals reach the brain and how regions associated with mood process those signals. Some regions of the cerebral cortex associated with cognitive and mood processing show sensitivity to light intensity.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·June 29, 2022·5 min readVisual Mental Imagery: A Patient Case Suggests a New Key Brain NetworkResearchers identified a novel brain network that includes the fronto-parietal networks and fusiform gyrus which helps with the encoding of visual mental imagery.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·June 26, 2022·4 min readEye Movements Could Be the Missing Link in Our Understanding of MemoryVisual scanpaths during memory retrieval tasks were associated with the quality of the memory. Researchers say the replay of a sequence of eye movements helps boost memory reconstruction.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·June 24, 2022·4 min readBrain Bleeds in Babies’ First Year Can Lead to Long-Term Vision ProblemsBabies who experience severe brain bleeds during their first year of life are more likely to have long-term visual problems, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·June 21, 2022·6 min readHow the Brain Interprets Motion While in MotionResearchers have discovered a novel neural mechanism involved in casual inference that helps the brain detect objects in motion while we are moving.Read More
