FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·January 2, 2021·4 min readTracing the Many Paths of VisionStudy supports the theory that highly specialized neurons in the brain are key to translating diverse visual stimuli into behavior.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·December 27, 2020·6 min readCan’t Draw a Mental Picture? Aphantasia Causes Blind Spots in the Mind’s EyeWhile people with aphantasia lack visual imagery ability, they have intact spatial memory. Findings suggest mental imagery recall and spatial memory may be stored differently in the brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychologyVisual Neuroscience·December 21, 2020·4 min readDo I Know You? Researchers Evaluate How Masks Disrupt Facial PerceptionIt may be harder to recognize familiar faces when they wear a surgical mask to protect against COVID-19, a new study reports. Researchers noted a 15% drop in the ability for people to recognize faces when they were masked.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·December 20, 2020·5 min readVisual Illusion That May Help Explain ConsciousnessA new visual illusion sheds light on redundancy masking and how we perceive our visual environment. The findings provide new insight into human consciousness.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·December 17, 2020·4 min readBrain Area Crucial for Recognizing Visual Events IdentifiedAn area of the superior temporal sulcus is critical for visual processing and making decisions about visual information.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychologyVisual Neuroscience·December 11, 2020·5 min readLike Adults, Children by Age 3 Prefer Seeing Fractal PatternsChildren as young as three have an adult-like preference for visual fractal patterns commonly seen in nature. The findings suggest the preference for common natural fractal patterns develops early in life.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·December 8, 2020·3 min readVisual Short-Term Memory Is More Complex Than Previously AssumedObjects are not only represented in one form of short term memory but in several forms simultaneously.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·December 7, 2020·3 min readProblems With Depth Perception Caused by Too Many CellsToo many chandelier cells in the binocular region of the brain impair visual depth perception.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 25, 2020·6 min readUnique Schwann Cells: The Eyes Have ItResearchers discovered the genetic properties of the glial cells that wrap around axons in our corneas have the potential for nerve regeneration and vision preservation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 20, 2020·3 min readDo Neural Networks Dream Visual Illusions?When convolutional neural networks are trained under experimental conditions, they are deceived by the brightness and color of a visual image in similar ways to the human visual system.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·November 16, 2020·5 min readActivity Patterns in the Brain Are Specific to the Color You SeeResearchers were able to ascertain the colors people were seeing by looking at their brain activity. The study reveals we have unique brain activity associated with specific colors.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 21, 2020·4 min readNeural Pathway Crucial to Successful Rapid Object Recognition in PrimatesResearchers have identified a brain pathway between the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex and the inferior temporal cortex which enables primates to effortlessly identify objects in their field of vision.Read More
