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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 22, 2021·3 min read

How the Brain Paints the Beauty of a Landscape

Study reveals how the brain processes information about the natural environment and generates an aesthetic appreciation.

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·July 22, 2021·3 min read

Eyes Wide Shut: How Newborn Mammals Dream the World They’re Entering

Effectively, mammals "dream" about the world they are about to experience before they are able to open their eyes and possibly before they are born. Researchers found before a newborn mouse opened its eyes, its retinal waves flow in a pattern that mimics the activity which would occur as the animal moves through the environment.

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·July 14, 2021·7 min read

How Do We Know Where Things Are?

A new study reveals how the visual system stabilizes and what happens when we shift our vision by moving our eyes.

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·June 29, 2021·3 min read

A New Kind of Visual Illusion Uncovers How Our Brains Connect the Dots

A newly designed optical illusion is helping researchers better understand visual processing and perception. The illusion creates a subjective reality in what we see, highlighting the constructive nature of perception.

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·June 26, 2021·4 min read

Pseudo-Hallucinations: Why Some People See More Vivid Mental Images Than Others – Test Yourself Here

Study reveals people who experience intense visual imagery during a Ganzflicker test have naturally lower frequency rhythms in the visual cortex, making them more susceptible to pseudo-hallucinations.

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·June 25, 2021·4 min read

Babies Can See Things That Adults Cannot

Study reveals very young infants can perceive objects that older infants, children, and adults can not see due to a phenomenon called visual backward masking.

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·June 22, 2021·4 min read

Children Recycle Brain Regions When Acquiring New Skills

A new study sheds light on visual development and learning in children. Researchers found cortical recycling in the ventral temporal cortex reflects adjustments to changing visual demands throughout childhood.

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·June 20, 2021·5 min read

Memory Helps Us Evaluate Situations on the Fly, Not Just Recall the Past

While commonly implicated in long-term memory, researchers report the hippocampus plays a critical role in short-term memory and decision making.

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·June 16, 2021·7 min read

How Do We Know Where Things Are?

A framing strategy constantly works behind the scenes to stabilize our visual experience, a new study reports.

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·June 13, 2021·4 min read

Aphantasia Explained: Some People Can’t Form Mental Pictures

Aphantasia is marked by the inability to generate visual images in the mind's eye. Researchers explore the neurobiological basis for the disorder.

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·June 9, 2021·6 min read

As Novel Sights Become Familiar, Different Brain Rhythms and Neurons Take Over

As novel visual patterns become familiar, stark changes occur in the visual cortex. Gamma rhythms give way to low-wave beta waves, and the neural activity switches from PV neurons in favor of inhibitory SOM neurons.

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·June 9, 2021·3 min read

Brain Connections Mean Some People Lack Visual Imagery

People with hyperphantasia, the ability to visualize vividly, have stronger connections between their visual brain network and decision-making networks. By contrast, those with aphantasia, an inability to visualize, have weaker connections between the brain regions.

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Visual Neuroscience

How the Brain Paints the Beauty of a Landscape

Eyes Wide Shut: How Newborn Mammals Dream the World They’re Entering

How Do We Know Where Things Are?

A New Kind of Visual Illusion Uncovers How Our Brains Connect the Dots

Pseudo-Hallucinations: Why Some People See More Vivid Mental Images Than Others – Test Yourself Here

Babies Can See Things That Adults Cannot

Children Recycle Brain Regions When Acquiring New Skills

Memory Helps Us Evaluate Situations on the Fly, Not Just Recall the Past

How Do We Know Where Things Are?

Aphantasia Explained: Some People Can’t Form Mental Pictures

As Novel Sights Become Familiar, Different Brain Rhythms and Neurons Take Over

Brain Connections Mean Some People Lack Visual Imagery

Rethinking Vibration as an Emotional Language

Immature Neurons and the Secret to Alzheimer’s Resilience

Molecular Trigger for Alzheimer’s Brain Inflammation Found

Early-Life Metal Exposure Linked to Adolescent Brain Health

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