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This diagram shows how the brain processes visual information.

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·November 1, 2021·4 min read

Recognizing Familiar Faces Relies on a Neural Code Shared Across Brains

Researchers report that within the visual processing areas, information about a personally familiar or visually familiar face is shared across the brains of those with the same friends or acquaintances. Additionally, shared information about personally familiar faces extends to areas of the brain implicated in social processing, suggesting there is shared social information across the brain.

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·October 29, 2021·5 min read

Not Spooked by Halloween Ghost Stories? You May Have Aphantasia

Do you experience difficulties conjuring up visual images in your mind while listening to spooky stories? You may have aphantasia, researchers report.

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·October 28, 2021·4 min read

Action Video Games Make Players Better Learners of Visual and Memory Tasks

Video games high in action content help players to become quicker learners, researchers report.

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·October 24, 2021·4 min read

Termite Brains Can Grow in Anticipation of a Single Moment of Flight and Light

Study reveals why select members of a termite community experience brain changes in anticipation of cognitive demands.

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·October 21, 2021·7 min read

People’s Eyes Reveal That Clichés Are Underrated

Eye-tracking reveals the brain pays more attention to conventional metaphors than it does to similar alternatives.

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·October 21, 2021·4 min read

Prozac Pegged as Potential First Treatment for a Leading Cause of Blindness

Fluoxetine, the antidepressant commonly known as Prozac, may be beneficial for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration. Researchers found Prozac significantly slowed the rate at which people over 50 developed AMD.

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·October 20, 2021·4 min read

Scientists Enable a Blind Woman to See Simple Shapes

Researchers created a form of artificial vision for a blind woman with the aid of a brain implant position in the visual cortex. The results pave the way for the creation of visual brain prosthetics to help the blind to regain sight.

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·October 18, 2021·3 min read

Children’s Visual Perception Continues to Develop up to Age 10

Contrary to popular belief, a child's visual perception does not reach adult level at age seven. A new study reveals children's visual perception continues to develop and does not reach maturity until age ten.

This shows the location of the visual sensory thalamus in the brain

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·October 8, 2021·4 min read

Charting Hidden Territory of the Human Brain

A new, non-invasive neuroimaging technique allowed researchers to investigate the visual sensory thalamus, a brain area associated with visual difficulties in dyslexia and other disorders.

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·September 28, 2021·5 min read

Living Retina Achieves Sensitivity and Efficiency Engineers Can Only Dream About

Study reveals how evolution and natural selection have optimized the mammalian retina.

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Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·September 25, 2021·5 min read

Mice’s Learning Skills Help Researchers Pinpointing Brain Areas Where Acquired Knowledge Is Stored

Study finds part of the category knowledge is already present in the early visual brain areas, revealing how widespread semantic memories are stored throughout the brain.

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·September 24, 2021·5 min read

Unusual Visual Examination of Objects May Indicate Later Autism Diagnosis in Infants

The way in which an infant visually examines an object may predict a later autism diagnosis, researchers say. Unusual visual inspection of items at 9 months was a strong predictor of an ASD diagnosis later in childhood.