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·November 12, 2015·5 min read

This is Your Brain on Art

Researchers take their study out of the lab and into the real world to see what happens in the brain as people observe artwork.

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·November 11, 2015·5 min read

Faster Brain Waves Make Shorter Gaps in the Visual System

A new study investigates how the speed of our brain waves helps us process visual information.

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·November 9, 2015·4 min read

Parkinson’s Drug Could Help Save Sight

A new study reports L-DOPA may be able to delay or prevent macular degeneration associated with aging.

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·November 7, 2015·5 min read

Supercharged Ability to See Infrared Light Allows Freshwater Fish to Navigate Murky Waters

In order to navigate murky waters, freshwater fish and amphibians have evolved a means to see infrared light.

Image shows the location of the primary visual cortex in the brain.

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·November 6, 2015·3 min read

A Neural Match For the Complexity of the Visual World

A new study provides insights into how our brain extracts information about our natural surroundings from the light captured by our eyes.

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·October 28, 2015·3 min read

Unconsciously “Hearing” Distance

A new study reports our brains can process and detect sound delays which are too short to be consciously noticed.

Image shows how the brain patches activated by the sight of a face.

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·October 28, 2015·5 min read

Study Explores How a Face Comes to Represent a Whole Person in the Brain

A new study reports researchers have identified certain spots dedicated to processing faces in the primate brain prefer faces with bodies.

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·October 27, 2015·6 min read

Seeing in Sound

Researchers have discovered that crossmodal mappings can be used by assistive devices to help the blind detect their environment without requiring intensive training.

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·October 12, 2015·7 min read

Making Sense of an Ambiguous World: How Hallucinations Emerged

A new study suggests hallucinations arose to help us enhance our tendency to make sense of the world around us and could help explain why some people are more prone to hallucinations that others.

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·October 5, 2015·3 min read

Visual Cortex Can Make Decisions

Researchers report they have discovered a surprising role the visual cortex plays in decision making.

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·October 5, 2015·6 min read

IT Looks Familiar: How The Brain Recognizes Objects

A new study provides evidence that the inferior temporal cortex can identify objects.

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·September 28, 2015·4 min read

Neural Mechanism of Size Constancy Clarified

According to a new study, neurons in the visual cortical area V4 calculate the size of an object based on information on its retinal image size and distance from the object.