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·May 3, 2019·6 min read

Artificial neural networks can be used to drive brain activity

Current deep learning models are able to create images strongly enough to activate specific neurons in the visual cortex. However, researchers say more accurate artificial neural network models should be developed to help produce more accurate control.

This shows CT1 cells in a fly's visual system

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·April 28, 2019·4 min read

Multitasking with perfection: Nerve cell works like 1400 individual cells – Fly Study

CT1 cells connect around 1400 areas in the fly brain. Each cell area works like a separate neuron, allowing CT1 to access information from the fly's eye and support local motion detection.

A bullhorn and the word attention are shown

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·March 19, 2019·3 min read

How Attention Helps the Brain Perceive an Object

Low-frequency optogenetic stimulation of the visual region of the brain impairs an animal's ability to make fine sensory discriminations.

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·January 28, 2019·5 min read

Tiny Eye Movements Affect How We See Contrast

Contrast sensitivity may be a result of small eye movements people may not be aware they are making, a new study reports.

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·January 18, 2019·6 min read

Synaptic Logic for Connections Between Two Brain Hemispheres Discovered

Researchers have developed a new technique that helps identify the functional properties of individual synapses that link the two hemispheres of the brain.

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·January 3, 2019·7 min read

Surprise Discovery Reveals Second Visual System in Cerebral Cortex: Mouse Study

A new study challenges 75 year old dogma of mammalian vision. Researchers have shows the post rhinal cortex obtains visual data from the superior colliculus and is not dependent upon information from primary visual cortex.

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·November 19, 2018·4 min read

White Matter Pathway and Individual Variability in Human Stereoacuity

Researchers have identified a white matter pathway associated with steroacuity.

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·October 28, 2018·4 min read

Mini Retinas Shed Light on Connection Between Eyes and Brain

Findings could help to develop new treatments to restore site when connections between the eyes and brain are damaged, researchers say.

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·October 25, 2018·4 min read

Surprising Network Activity in the Immature Brain

Spontaneously generated patterns of activity by local neural networks in the developing visual cortex provide the basis for long range connections that are established throughout brain activity over the course of cortical development, researchers report.

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·October 24, 2018·4 min read

To See What’s Right in Front of You, Your Brain May Need Some Rewiring

Researchers provide new evidence of brain plasticity. A new study reveals visual cortex neurons sprout new axons and shed some old ones as animals improve at perceptual learning tasks.

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·September 21, 2018·4 min read

Teaching Computers to See Optical Illusions

Researchers have created a deep learning algorithm that can be tricked by optical illusions, just like humans. The findings shed new light on the human visual system and may help improve artificial vision.

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·September 19, 2018·5 min read

What Your Cell Phone Camera Tells You About Your Brain

A new study unites cognitive science and information theory, reporting our brains are structured to make the best possible decisions given their limited resources.

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visual system

Artificial neural networks can be used to drive brain activity

Multitasking with perfection: Nerve cell works like 1400 individual cells – Fly Study

How Attention Helps the Brain Perceive an Object

Tiny Eye Movements Affect How We See Contrast

Synaptic Logic for Connections Between Two Brain Hemispheres Discovered

Surprise Discovery Reveals Second Visual System in Cerebral Cortex: Mouse Study

White Matter Pathway and Individual Variability in Human Stereoacuity

Mini Retinas Shed Light on Connection Between Eyes and Brain

Surprising Network Activity in the Immature Brain

To See What’s Right in Front of You, Your Brain May Need Some Rewiring

Teaching Computers to See Optical Illusions

What Your Cell Phone Camera Tells You About Your Brain

Brain Prioritizes “Sound Offsets” During Hearing Repair

Glucose Levels Signal the Growth of Myelin

Why Your Brain “Dreams” Even When You’re Awake

Mapping the Brain’s Hidden Hub for Creative Thought

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