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·December 20, 2013·4 min read

New Study Reveals Insight into How the Brain Processes Shape and Color

Researchers discover color and shape are represented independently. A new study reports on how the brain's inferior temporal cortex processes visual information.

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·December 20, 2013·2 min read

Mapping Objects in the Brain

Researcher report a brain region which responds to a particular category of objects consists of a small cluster of neurons which encodes the visual features of these objects.

This is an image of the face used in the study.

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·November 20, 2013·4 min read

Focusing on Faces

The neurons in the amygdala of ASD patients have reduced sensitivity to the eye region of other people's faces, a new study reports.

The image shows a banana in color and one in black and white.

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·November 2, 2013·2 min read

The Visual Brain Colors Black and White Images

A new study reports our brains fill in the color when we look at black and white images.

The image shows a participant performing the research tast.

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·October 31, 2013·6 min read

Seeing in the Dark: Most People Can See Their Body’s Movement in the Absence of Light

Using computerized eye trackers, researchers discover at least 50 percent of people can see the movement of their own hand in total darkness.

The image is a cross-sectional view in grayscale of right human eye.

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·October 30, 2013·2 min read

Researchers Shed Light on Brain Computations

According to new research, dendrites play a critical role in decoding images.

This image shows a Crocothemis erythraea dragonfly.

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·August 15, 2013·2 min read

Dragonflies Can See by Switching “On” and “Off”

Researchers have discovered a complex and novel visual circuit in the brains of dragonflies. They hope the findings could some day help to improve vision systems for robots.

The image shows a graph comparing the perception times between individuals with and without autism.

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·May 8, 2013·3 min read

Enhanced Motion Detection in Autism May Point to Underlying Cause of the Disorder

A new study finds children with autism see simple movements twice as quickly as their non-autistic peers. This hypersensitivity to motion could provide clues to one of the fundamental causes of autism.

The FMRI image shows regions of activation including primary visual cortex (V1, BA17), extrastriate visual cortex and lateral geniculate body.

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·February 3, 2013·3 min read

Pioneering Research Helps to Unravel the Brain’s Vision Secrets

A new study has identified the two areas of the brain responsible for our perception of orientation and shape. Research found that the two neighbouring areas, known as human visual field maps, process the different types of visual information independently.