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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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·July 13, 2020·6 min read

Is What I See, What I Imagine? The Neural Overlap Between Vision and Imagination

Using artificial intelligence and neuroimaging, researchers have identified a link between mental imagery and vision. The brain uses similar visual areas for mental imagery and vision but uses low-level visual areas less precisely for mental imagery than vision.

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·April 26, 2023·3 min read

Gene Therapy for Dogs With Inherited Blinding Eye Disease Set for Human Trials

A groundbreaking gene therapy proven successful in treating an inherited, blinding eye disease in dogs is now poised for clinical trials in humans with the rare condition retinitis pigmentosa. The therapy, which halts vision loss by introducing a normal copy of the CNGB1 gene, could potentially benefit around 2 million people affected worldwide.

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·January 12, 2017·4 min read

New Transplant Technique Restores Vision in Mice

Researchers transplant retinas derived from stem cells to restore vision in mice.

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·June 25, 2015·8 min read

Three Rules Could Explain How the Visual System of the Fruit Fly Self Organizes as it Grows

Three simple, pre-programmed rules appear to help create the neural circuit connecting the fly's eye to its brain.

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·June 7, 2017·6 min read

Retinal Cells ‘Go With the Flow’ to Assess Own Motion Through Space

A new study reveals how specialized cells in the retina sense motion.

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·August 15, 2019·4 min read

Autism can be measured through a non-verbal marker

A visual test may be a new tool in the diagnosis of autism. Individuals on the autism spectrum are slower to dampen neural activity in response to visual stimuli in the brain. Using EEG data collected from the visual region, researchers could predict with 87% accuracy whether or not a person had ASD.

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·June 21, 2019·6 min read

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.

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·May 9, 2023·4 min read

Reality Blur: How Our Eyes Fool Us Into Misjudging Size

In a fascinating twist of perception, a recent study reveals that our eyes can trick our brain into misjudging the size of objects around us. By cleverly blurring parts of images, researchers demonstrated how participants misperceived full-scale railway scenes as smaller than their model counterparts. This surprising finding not only sheds light on the flexibility and occasional flaws of our visual system, but it also hints at profound implications for everyday situations, from driving to criminal justice. The bottom line? Size matters, but our eyes might not always get it right.

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·June 25, 2018·5 min read

Inability to Recognize Faces Linked to Broader Visual Recognition Problems

Researchers report developmental prosopagnosia, or face blindness, occurs as the results of neurobiological problems that broadly affect visual recognition.