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visual neuroscience

·June 13, 2012·3 min read

Conscious Perception is a Matter of Global Neural Networks

New findings support the view that the content of consciousness is not localised in a unique cortical area. Consciousness is...

Genetics

·June 11, 2012·3 min read

Scientists Identify New Molecules Important for Vision and Brain Function

In a pair of related studies, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have identified several proteins...

Study Offers Hope for More Effective Treatment of Nearsightedness

University of Houston optometrist finds small reduction in progression of myopia promising. Research by an optometrist at the University of...

Electrophysiology Neuroethics

·June 4, 2012·2 min read

Neuroscientists Explore Innovative Way to Help People Who are Blind

When people close their eyes, they can form mental images of things that exist only in their minds. Neuroscientists studying...

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·May 14, 2012·6 min read

New Type of Retinal Prosthesis Could Better Restore Sight to Blind

Using tiny solar-panel-like cells surgically placed underneath the retina, scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have devised a...

Featured Psychology

·May 14, 2012·2 min read

Let There Be Light: It’s Good for Our Brains

EPFL scientists have proven that light intensity influences our cognitive performance and how alert we feel, and that these positive...

Featured Neuroscience

·April 24, 2012·2 min read

How Your Eyes Deceive You

Researchers at the University of Sydney have thrown new light on the tricks the brain plays as it struggles to...

Featured Neurology

·April 20, 2012·3 min read

Single Neuron Observations Mark Steps in Alzheimer’s Disease

Multiple disease-related changes progress in parallel through distinct stages. Studying a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, neuroscientists at the Technische...

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·April 18, 2012·3 min read

Photoreceptor Transplant Restores Vision in Mice

Scientists from the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology have shown for the first time that transplanting light-sensitive photoreceptors into the eyes...

Featured Neurology

·April 12, 2012·4 min read

Test Links Strains of Common Parasite to Severe Illness in US Newborns

NIH-supported research underscores value of screening for toxoplasmosis Scientists have identified which strains of the Toxoplasma gondii parasite, the cause of...