What You Think Is What You See
Perception and working memory are more deeply entangled than previously believed.... Read More...
visual neuroscience
Area of brain associated with spatial awareness and planning actions also plays crucial role in decision making
The posterior parietal cortex, an area of the brain implicated in spatial awareness, plays a critical role in visual decision making.... Read More...
Rosy health and sickly green: color associations play robust role in reading faces
Facial processing and color processing may engage in similar brain mechanisms.... Read More...
Retina restructures itself after cell death
Gene therapy can restore the structure of the retina and regain normal light responses.... Read More...
Why are we able to see moving objects against moving backgrounds?
The human brain can desensitize background motion and focus on smaller moving objects in the foreground as a result of activity in the middle temporal visual area. However, our ability to pick out smaller objects changes over time. Younger people are better at picking out foreground objects moving, while those over 65 have heightened awareness of objects moving in the background.... Read More...
Researchers controlled the behavior in a mouse’s brain with single-cell precision
Using holographic optogenetics, researchers were able to control visual behavior in mice by activating neurons in the visual cortex.... Read More...
Smart glasses follow our eyes and focus automatically
A newly designed set of 'smart glasses' could help to correct the vision of millions of people with age-related presbyopia. The autofocals work much like the eyes and include eye tracking sensors which enable to triangulate where a person is looking and determine the precise distance of the object.... Read More...
Brain cells for 3D vision discovered
Researchers have identified neurons in the brains of praying mantises that are able to compute 3D direction and distance. The findings may help to develop better technology for machine and robotic vision. ... Read More...
Deciphering how the brain encodes color and shape
Visual neurons selectively respond to color and shape along a continuum. While some neurons are only activated by either a specific color or shape, others are responsive to color and shape simultaneously. The findings contradict previous beliefs about how visual processing works.... Read More...
Understanding brain activity when you name what you see
Being able to put a name to an object involves changing network interactions between different brain regions.... Read More...
Spotting objects amid clutter
Researchers have developed a new algorithm that enables robots to identify objects hidden in 3D data. The new system may help with improving robotic vehicles and autonomous robots. ... Read More...
Eyes hold clues for treating severe autism more effectively
Tracking eye movement and pupil dilation in those with level 3 Autism helped assess true language abilities.... Read More...