What Effect Does TMS Have on the Brain?
Researchers report transcranial magnetic stimulation predisposes neural connections in the visual cortex for reorganization.... Read More...
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How We Perceive Color
According to researchers, the 'fill in' effect makes only a small contribution to how we perceive colors in an image. The study also provides new evidence that color processing cells play a vital role in color perception.... Read More...
Learning a Second Language Alters Sensory Perception
Bilingual people are better able to integrate sight and sound to make sense of speech, a new study reveals. Researchers report, in addition to altering basic sensory experiences, learning a second language can impact memory, decision making and cognitive control.... Read More...
Do We Subconsciously Judge Face Likeness?
A new study sheds light on the mechanisms behind how humans recognize and distinguish between two types of visual information. The study provides insight into the level of visual processing where pareidolia, the human ability to see faces in inanimate objects, occurs.... Read More...
Video of Moving Discs Reconstructed From Rat Retinal Neural Signals
Researchers have successfully reconstructed a short movie of randomly moving discs produced by rat retinal neurons, with the help of machine learning technology.... Read More...
Deep Learning Comes Full Circle
AI research has come full circle, helping neuroscientist better understand how the human brain works, researchers say.... Read More...
The Brain Processes Sight and Sound in the Same Manner
A new study reveals both auditory and visual learning follow similar principles. The findings, researchers report, could help in the development of new approaches to restore sensory deficits.... Read More...
Brain Area Involved in Understanding Social Interactions Identified
Researchers implicate the posterior superior temporal sulcus in our ability to process social interactions efficiently.... Read More...
Separating Trash From Treasure: How the Brain Assigns Value to Objects
A new study from JHU researchers finds the brain can assign the value to an object in less than a tenth of a second; roughly the same amount of time as it takes to recognize an object. ... Read More...
Theory: Flexibility is at the Heart of Human Intelligence
New theory of suggests the brain's dynamic properties are the best predictors of human intelligence.... Read More...
Fixated on Food?
Researchers report visual features modulated by the optokinetic reflex are encoded in the retina.... Read More...
The Thalamus Helps the Cerebrum With Learning
New findings from Max Plank Institute researchers challenges conventional belief about the role of the thalamus in learning. Researchers report the thalamus plays a far more active role in visual processing in the context of learning than previously thought. ... Read More...