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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.

This image shows a flow chart mapping the visual processing of direction changes.

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·July 1, 2015·4 min read

Making Sense of the Visual World: Seeing is Believing

A new study addresses the nature and origin of neural signals involved in solving perceptual tasks.

This image shows microglia consuming rod photoreceptor cells.

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·July 2, 2015·5 min read

Microglia May Be a Potential Therapeutic Target for Blinding Eye Disease

A new study reports microglia accelerates damage in blinding eye disorders like retinitis pigmentosa.

This image shows a hand holding a smartphone. The app can be seen on the smartphone screen.

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·July 5, 2015·2 min read

Detecting Eye Diseases With Help of a Smartphone

Researchers have developed software for smartphones that can detect eye diseases, such as diabetic macular edema.

This image shows the newly discovered neuron in rainbow colors.

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·July 17, 2015·5 min read

Opponent Activity of a Newly Discovered Neuron is Responsible for Selective Motion Vision

Researchers take inspiration from the developing brain to create improved computer algorithms.

This image shows the visual system in the brain.

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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.

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·July 25, 2015·4 min read

Bug Off Bug! Fruit Fly May be Aware They are Bugging You

New research reports that like humans, fruit flies may be self aware of their actions.

This shows how the visual distortions may look through a bionic eye.

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·August 3, 2015·5 min read

Looking at the World Through a Bionic Eye

Researchers use simulations to mimic what vision could be like after a patient undergoes one of two different vision restoring therapies.

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·August 3, 2015·3 min read

Fly Brains Ignore Visual Input Caused by Their Own Movements

A new study reports flies can silence visual input generated by their own movement. The findings may help advance understanding of how ongoing behavior can influence visual processing.