FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 31, 2022·5 min readPerception Study May Explain Promising Depression TherapyStudy demonstrates the importance of a specific type of connection between neurons and may also explain how ketamine shows promise in treating depression.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·November 29, 2021·4 min readWhich Side Is Which? How the Brain Perceives BordersNeurons in deep layers of the brain's cortex are the first to decipher which side of a visual border is an object and which side is the background.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·October 18, 2021·3 min readChildren’s Visual Perception Continues to Develop up to Age 10Contrary to popular belief, a child's visual perception does not reach adult level at age seven. A new study reveals children's visual perception continues to develop and does not reach maturity until age ten.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychologyVisual Neuroscience·September 2, 2021·3 min readDoes Our Mind’s Eye Match Real Life? Study Shows Differences in How We Perceive ImagesStudy reveals individual differences in how we perceive and imagine visual images we have seen.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·August 2, 2021·5 min readRetina Hardwired to Predict Path of Moving ObjectsNeural circuits within the retina are able to generate the information required to predict the movement and path of an object before visual signals leave the eye, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·July 14, 2021·7 min readHow Do We Know Where Things Are?A new study reveals how the visual system stabilizes and what happens when we shift our vision by moving our eyes.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 8, 2021·5 min readThere’s a ‘Man in the Moon’: Why Our Brains See Human Faces EverywhereFace pareidolia, a phenomenon where the brain is tricked into seeing human faces in inanimate objects, may occur as a result of the brain processing the perceived facial expression in the same sequential way it perceives a human face.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 14, 2021·4 min readSee Before You Smell: Why You Should Look At Your Food Before Casting JudgmentResearchers say the order in which your senses interact with food items impacts how much you enjoy your meal.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychologyVisual Neuroscience·March 29, 2021·3 min readDepression Affects Visual PerceptionPeople with depression often experience problems with visual perception. Researchers report issues with visual perception are likely linked to information processing differences in the cerebral cortex.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·February 6, 2021·5 min readDo You See Red Like I See Red?Researchers answer the age-old question of why people perceive the same color in different ways?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
