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·July 21, 2015·4 min read

Jump-Starting Vision With the Power of Words

Researchers manipulate the connection between language and vision to show that words have a profound effect on perception.

This shows how dandelions look to humans and honeybees.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·August 6, 2015·5 min read

New Software Reveals the World Through Animal Eyes

Researchers have developed a new camera technology which reveals the world through the eyes of animals.

This shows the outline of a child's head with a drawing of a brain inside. The occipital lobe is highlighted.

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·August 27, 2015·6 min read

The Plastic Brain: Visual Cortex of Blind Children Can be Remodeled to Process Language

A new study reports that in blind children, a region of the brain that normally involved in visual processing can be remodeled to process language.

This shows a graph tracking the speed of retinal image motion.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Visual Neuroscience

·September 4, 2015·5 min read

Predicting How Humans Estimate Speed

Researchers believe they have devised an optimal model for speed and visual processing.

This shows a 19th century drawing of the VOF.

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·September 14, 2015·5 min read

Researchers Rediscover and Map ‘Lost’ Brain Structure

Researchers 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.

Outline of a human head. The brain is shown in pink and there are purple lines streaming from the eyes.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·October 5, 2015·6 min read

IT Looks Familiar: How The Brain Recognizes Objects

A new study provides evidence that the inferior temporal cortex can identify objects.

Image shows a drawing of two eyes with different colored pupils.

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·October 12, 2015·7 min read

Making Sense of an Ambiguous World: How Hallucinations Emerged

A 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.