FeaturedPsychology·November 19, 2016·6 min readRole of the Physical Environment in ‘Broken Windows’ Theory: How Visual Cues Can Encourage Rule BreakingA new study reveals how certain subconscious visual cues can influence rule breaking behavior.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·November 18, 2016·6 min readDucklings Maintain Two Separate Memory Banks of Visual InformationResearchers report newly hatched ducklings that are shown a substitute mother object with only one eye do not recognize it when they have only the other eye available.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·November 17, 2016·3 min readNeurons in the Human Eye Are Organized for Error CorrectionAccording to researchers, retinal ganglion cells act collectively to correct visual errors and improve accuracy.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosVisual Neuroscience·November 16, 2016·6 min readNew Gene-Editing Technology Partially Restores Vision in Blind AnimalsResearchers use gene editing technology to help partially restore vision to blind rodents.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 14, 2016·5 min readRed Means Go: Brain Uses Color to Help Us Choose What to EatA new study looks at the role the visual system plays in our food decisions.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 14, 2016·2 min readHow Visual Attention Selects Important InformationA new study reveals multiple functions of visual attention.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·November 11, 2016·4 min readDeviations From Expectations: Detecting Moving ObjectsResearchers have identified neurons in the visual cortex that enable the detection of moving objects as we move along.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·November 8, 2016·3 min readHumans Recognize Partially Obscured Snakes More Easily Than Other AnimalsResearchers confirm humans have heightened visual awareness when it comes to snakes.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·October 25, 2016·3 min readAfter Blindness, The Adult Brain Can Learn to See AgainA new study uses retinal prosthetics to assess the brain's ability to process visual information years after blindness occurs.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 12, 2016·4 min readVisual Cortex Plays Role in Plasticity of Eye Movement ReflexResearchers discover an unexpected role for the visual cortex in promoting the plasticity of innate eye movements.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·September 28, 2016·5 min readSome Brains Are Blind to Moving ObjectsResearchers discover motion blindness has little to do with vision and more to do with the brain's ability to interpret sensory information correctly.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·September 28, 2016·2 min readNew Insight into Eye DiseaseResearchers transfer genes into muller glial cells to activate stem cells properties and cause them to reproduce.Read More
