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·August 7, 2020·4 min read

Humans Use the Visual Part of Their Brain When Hearing Sounds in the Dark, Even If They Were Born Without Sight

Humans use the primary visual cortex to process sounds in the dark. This not only occurs in those with sight but also those who were born blind.

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·August 5, 2020·5 min read

Understanding Why Some Children Enjoy TV More Than Others

Brain responses of ten-month-old babies could predict whether the child would enjoy watching fast-paced television shows six months later.

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·July 20, 2020·5 min read

Study Helps to Settle Debate on Roles of REM and Non-REM Sleep in Visual Learning

During non-REM sleep, visual areas of the brain exhibit an excitation/inhibition balance indicative of increased plasticity. REM sleep appears to be essential for people to reap the benefits of the increased plasticity that occurs during NREM sleep.

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·July 17, 2020·3 min read

How Traumatic Experiences Can Leave Their Mark on a Person’s Eyes

Pupillary response in those with PTSD differs from people who have not experienced traumatic events. The pupils of those with PTSD failed to show sharp constriction caused by light changes, and more enlargement when exposed to emotional stimuli that other participants. Patients with PTSD not only showed an exaggerated response to threatening stimuli but also to stimuli that depicted positive images.

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·July 14, 2020·4 min read

Vision Scientists Discover Why Humans Literally Don’t See Eye to Eye

Our ability to pinpoint the exact size and location of objects varies from one person to the next, and even within our own individual field of vision.

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·July 13, 2020·6 min read

Is What I See, What I Imagine? The Neural Overlap Between Vision and Imagination

Using artificial intelligence and neuroimaging, researchers have identified a link between mental imagery and vision. The brain uses similar visual areas for mental imagery and vision but uses low-level visual areas less precisely for mental imagery than vision.

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·July 6, 2020·3 min read

Scientists Discover a New Connection Between the Eyes and Touch

Micro-saccades, or tiny eye movements, can be used as an index of our ability to anticipate relevant information in the environment, independent of the information's sensory modality.

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·June 22, 2020·5 min read

Being ‘mind-blind’ may make remembering, dreaming and imagining harder

Aphantasia, a disorder in which people are lack the ability to mentally visualize imagery, is also associated with a widespread pattern of changes to other important cognitive processes. Many with aphantasia report a reduced ability to recall past events, imagine the future, and dream.

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·June 22, 2020·4 min read

A man who can’t see numbers provides new insight into awareness

The study of a man with a neurodegenerative disease that has robbed his ability to see certain numbers sheds light on how the brain processes information without any visual awareness of the stimuli.

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·June 20, 2020·4 min read

The relationship between looking and listening and human emotions

A new study reveals the relationship between attentional state and emotions from pupillary reactions. Visual perception elicits emotions in all attentional state, while auditory perception elicits emotions only when attention is paid to sounds.

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·June 17, 2020·7 min read

Study sheds light on a classic visual illusion

A new study sheds light on why we get tricked by a classic optical illusion. Researchers found brightness estimations occur before visual information reaches the visual cortex, probably originating in the retina.

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·June 15, 2020·5 min read

Neurons can shift how they process information about motion

When it comes to processing information about motion, neurons in the ventral intraparietal area of the brain are more flexible in switching between reference frames. The findings could be used to develop neural prosthetics designed for motion control.

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visual neuroscience

Humans Use the Visual Part of Their Brain When Hearing Sounds in the Dark, Even If They Were Born Without Sight

Understanding Why Some Children Enjoy TV More Than Others

Study Helps to Settle Debate on Roles of REM and Non-REM Sleep in Visual Learning

How Traumatic Experiences Can Leave Their Mark on a Person’s Eyes

Vision Scientists Discover Why Humans Literally Don’t See Eye to Eye

Is What I See, What I Imagine? The Neural Overlap Between Vision and Imagination

Scientists Discover a New Connection Between the Eyes and Touch

Being ‘mind-blind’ may make remembering, dreaming and imagining harder

A man who can’t see numbers provides new insight into awareness

The relationship between looking and listening and human emotions

Study sheds light on a classic visual illusion

Neurons can shift how they process information about motion

Bodily Inflammation Shapes the Brain and Behavior

Body Clock Dictates Morning Calorie Burning

The Neural Architecture of Evolutionary Reversals

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