FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·November 7, 2015·5 min readSupercharged Ability to See Infrared Light Allows Freshwater Fish to Navigate Murky WatersIn order to navigate murky waters, freshwater fish and amphibians have evolved a means to see infrared light.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 12, 2015·7 min readMaking Sense of an Ambiguous World: How Hallucinations EmergedA new study suggests hallucinations arose to help us enhance our tendency to make sense of the world around us and could help explain why some people are more prone to hallucinations that others.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·October 5, 2015·6 min readIT Looks Familiar: How The Brain Recognizes ObjectsA new study provides evidence that the inferior temporal cortex can identify objects.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 14, 2015·5 min readResearchers Rediscover and Map ‘Lost’ Brain StructureResearchers map an area of the brain which has been absent from text books for almost 100 years. They believe this area could play an important role in how we understand the world.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscience·August 27, 2015·6 min readThe Plastic Brain: Visual Cortex of Blind Children Can be Remodeled to Process LanguageA new study reports that in blind children, a region of the brain that normally involved in visual processing can be remodeled to process language.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·August 6, 2015·5 min readNew Software Reveals the World Through Animal EyesResearchers have developed a new camera technology which reveals the world through the eyes of animals.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·July 21, 2015·4 min readJump-Starting Vision With the Power of WordsResearchers manipulate the connection between language and vision to show that words have a profound effect on perception.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·July 15, 2015·6 min readVisual Processing Pathways Strengthened by Vision Restoring Gene TherapyResearchers find evidence that a sight restoring gene therapy strengthens visual pathways in the brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·July 1, 2015·4 min readMaking Sense of the Visual World: Seeing is BelievingA new study addresses the nature and origin of neural signals involved in solving perceptual tasks.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·June 25, 2015·8 min readThree Rules Could Explain How the Visual System of the Fruit Fly Self Organizes as it GrowsThree simple, pre-programmed rules appear to help create the neural circuit connecting the fly's eye to its brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 9, 2015·2 min readCounting Crows: Neural Basis of Numerical Ability in Crows DiscoveredResearchers discover cells in crow brains which respond to specific numbers of items.Read More