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·June 21, 2022·6 min read

How the Brain Interprets Motion While in Motion

Researchers have discovered a novel neural mechanism involved in casual inference that helps the brain detect objects in motion while we are moving.

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·May 31, 2022·4 min read

Investigating Links Between Facial Recognition and Alzheimer’s Disease

Study evaluates whether problems in facial processing and recognition in Alzheimer's disease are a result of memory impairment or visual processing deficits.

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·May 30, 2022·9 min read

How the Brain Affects the Way We Perceive Movies

Researchers explore how people perceive the sequence of natural visual events and how they represent space while watching movies and films.

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·May 29, 2022·3 min read

Changes in Brain’s Visual Areas in Infancy May Precede Autism Diagnosis

Children diagnosed with ASD at 24 months had differences in visual processing areas of the brain which were apparent at six months of age, a new study reports.

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·March 19, 2022·4 min read

How the Action of the Eye Triggers Brain Waves to Help Remember Socially Important Information

A new study uncovers how the amygdala reacts and triggers memory-making activity when the eyes come to rest on a face versus another object or image.

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·March 18, 2022·4 min read

Scientists See What People Picture in Their Mind’s Eye

Using electrocorticogram technology to capture brain waves, researchers found the meaning of what people imagine can be determined from brain wave patterns, even if the image differs from what a person is looking at.

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·February 1, 2022·4 min read

Finding Structure in the Brain’s Static

Wave patterns provide a deeper insight into sleep, consciousness, and attention.

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·January 29, 2022·5 min read

Everything We See Is a Mash-up of the Brain’s Last 15 Seconds of Visual Information

Researchers reveal how the brain creates an illusion of visual stability.

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·January 5, 2022·5 min read

Link Between Brain Chemical and Visual Processing in Autism

When GABA targets are activated, visual processing for people on the autism spectrum becomes more like that of non-autistic people.

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·January 2, 2022·4 min read

Sleeping Mice Show Busy Brains

Findings reveal the brain may optimize visual information processing depending on its conscious state.

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·December 1, 2021·3 min read

Caffeine Improves Reaction to Moving Targets

Caffeine improves visual acuity by increasing alertness and detection accuracy for moving objects, a new study reports.

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·November 29, 2021·4 min read

Which Side Is Which? How the Brain Perceives Borders

Neurons 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.

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