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Visual Neuroscience news articles cover science research into visual cortex, vision, visual disorders, blindness, brain processing of visual cues, facial recognition and research related to how eyes and brains function.

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·August 28, 2025·6 min read

Brain Rewiring Patterns May Predict Alzheimer’s Years in Advance

Researchers have discovered that people with Alzheimer’s show unusually high neural flexibility—the constant reorganizing of brain networks—even while resting. In a large study of older adults, higher neural flexibility in the visual network predicted which healthy participants would later develop dementia.

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·August 26, 2025·6 min read

Eye Exams Could Spot Alzheimer’s Decades Before Symptoms Appear

Eye exams could help detect Alzheimer’s disease years before symptoms arise. By studying mice with a common genetic mutation, researchers found abnormal changes in retinal blood vessels that paralleled brain changes linked to dementia risk.

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·August 18, 2025·2 min read

Brain’s Inner Compass Reveals How We Navigate Cityscapes

A new study used virtual reality taxi driving tasks to uncover how the brain maintains a sense of direction in naturalistic environments. Neuroimaging showed that two brain regions consistently tracked forward-facing direction, even when visual features, task phases, and city layouts varied.

This shows a human head with an illustration of an eye and sound waves, implying the merger of visual and auditory stimuli.

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·August 15, 2025·5 min read

The Brain Merges Sight And Sound For Faster, Smarter Decisions

New research reveals how the brain merges visual and auditory information to make quicker, more accurate decisions. Using EEG, scientists found that auditory and visual decision processes start independently but ultimately combine in the motor system, enabling faster reaction times.

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·August 15, 2025·3 min read

The Retina Synchronizes Vision Before Signals Reach the Brain

Summary: Researchers have discovered that the human retina synchronizes visual signals before they even reach the brain. By adjusting the...

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·August 9, 2025·5 min read

Left-Handers See Detail Differently Than Right-Handers

Researchers have discovered that whether you are right- or left-handed influences which side of your brain processes fine visual details. The new “action asymmetry hypothesis” proposes that brain specialization for high- and low-frequency visual information develops from the everyday way we use our hands.

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·July 31, 2025·6 min read

Brain Sorts ‘Stuff’ from ‘Things’ Using Separate Neural Circuits

A new study reveals that our brains separate “stuff” like water and sand from “things” like balls or tools, using specialized circuits in the visual cortex. Functional MRI scans showed distinct areas within the ventral and dorsal visual pathways that preferentially respond to the fluidity or rigidity of materials. T

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·July 25, 2025·3 min read

Face-Like Objects Hijack Our Attention More Than Real Gazes

Seeing faces in objects—known as face pareidolia—triggers a powerful attentional response, according to a new study. Researchers compared how people react to real averted gazes versus imagined gazes from face-like objects and found both draw attention, but through different mechanisms.

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·July 25, 2025·6 min read

Brain Decodes Visual Memories by Timing, Not Just Firing Neurons

A new study has uncovered how the brain efficiently encodes and recalls visual memories—by organizing them into categories and using the precise timing of neuronal activity.

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·July 24, 2025·4 min read

Immune Cells Ignore Retinal Damage While Microglia Step In

Unlike most tissues, the retina doesn’t summon neutrophils—the body’s typical first responders—when injured. Instead, microglia, the brain’s resident immune cells, handle photoreceptor damage without calling for backup.

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·July 21, 2025·6 min read

Youthful Blood Restores Aging Retina and Vision

Researchers demonstrated that systemic factors from young mice can rejuvenate the aging retina by alleviating cellular senescence and restoring function. Using heterochronic parabiosis and single-cell RNA sequencing, the study identified AdipoR1 and its downstream AMPK signaling as key drivers of retinal rejuvenation.

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·July 18, 2025·3 min read

Innovative Therapies Help Restore Vision Loss in Macular Degeneration

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) remains a leading cause of vision loss, but new therapies are reshaping its treatment. Recently approved drugs, pegcetacoplan and avacincaptad pegol, target the complement system to slow dry AMD progression.