FeaturedNeurosciencePsychologyVisual Neuroscience·April 11, 2022·4 min readPeople With Vision Impairments up to Four Times More Likely to Suffer Mental Health ProblemsPeople who suffer from visual impairments or blindness by age 50 are four times more likely to report mental health problems, including anxiety and depression than those with better eyesight.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 7, 2022·5 min readThe Format of Working MemoryResearchers have identified how working memory is formatted, revealing visual memory can be flexible.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·March 20, 2022·7 min readAntabuse May Help Revive Vision in People With Progressive Blinding DisordersAntabuse, a drug commonly prescribed to treat alcohol use disorder, may help to restore eyesight in people with genetic retinitis pigmentosa and other disorders associated with retinal degeneration.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·March 19, 2022·4 min readHow the Action of the Eye Triggers Brain Waves to Help Remember Socially Important InformationA new study uncovers how the amygdala reacts and triggers memory-making activity when the eyes come to rest on a face versus another object or image.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·March 13, 2022·5 min readIs Seeing Believing? How Neural Oscillations Influence Our Conscious ExperienceThe perceptual accuracy of visual information and its subjective interpretation use separate neural mechanisms that can be manipulated independently of each other.Read More
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FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·March 8, 2022·5 min readCircadian Clock May Protect Aging EyesIf the circadian clock is disrupted, we might be at greater risk of retinal degeneration as we age.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·March 7, 2022·3 min read‘Bunkers’ That Save Eyesight?The ability of retinal cells to "wall off" damage may be key to preserving vision.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscience·January 31, 2022·4 min readA New Type of Cellular Communication in the BrainResearchers have identified hundreds of proteins that are consistently transported throughout the healthy brain via small membrane-enclosed sacs. The findings reveal a new form of communication between brain cells.Read More
