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·June 17, 2020·7 min read

Study sheds light on a classic visual illusion

A new study sheds light on why we get tricked by a classic optical illusion. Researchers found brightness estimations occur before visual information reaches the visual cortex, probably originating in the retina.

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·November 25, 2019·2 min read

Environmental enrichment corrects errors in brain development

Environmental enrichment can help correct mismapped neurons in the visual pathways of mice.

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·June 9, 2019·5 min read

Neurons’ “antennae” are unexpectedly active in neural computation

When the soma of specific neurons is active, the dendrites of the same neuron are also active, even when animals are not engaged in a cognitively demanding task.

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·June 1, 2017·3 min read

Take A Look and You’ll See Into Your Imagination

Researchers have developed a neural network based AI system that can decode and predict what a person is seeing or imagining.

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·March 21, 2017·4 min read

How the Brain Sees the World in 3D

A new neuroimaging study reveals how different parts of the brain represent an object's location in depth compared to its 2D location.

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·December 17, 2024·5 min read

Targeted or Broadcast? How the Brain Processes Visual Information

Researchers have uncovered how visual information is processed across the brain’s complex and flexible networks. One study showed visual signals are selectively targeted or broadly broadcast, challenging the idea of a simple, linear flow of visual input.

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·February 9, 2018·2 min read

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.

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·June 29, 2021·3 min read

A New Kind of Visual Illusion Uncovers How Our Brains Connect the Dots

A newly designed optical illusion is helping researchers better understand visual processing and perception. The illusion creates a subjective reality in what we see, highlighting the constructive nature of perception.