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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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·September 9, 2021·6 min read

Eyeglasses for School Kids Boosts Academic Performance

Providing free or low-cost vision care and eyeglasses to children helped improve academic performance and behavior, researchers report.

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·September 8, 2021·7 min read

Behind the Scenes, Brain Circuit Ensures Vision Remains Reliable

While some types of excitatory neurons respond to images and represent them in the visual cortex, the activity of two types of inhibitory interneurons combine in a circuit to reinforce visual stability and reliability.

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·September 2, 2021·3 min read

Does Our Mind’s Eye Match Real Life? Study Shows Differences in How We Perceive Images

Study reveals individual differences in how we perceive and imagine visual images we have seen.

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·August 27, 2021·3 min read

Neurons in Visual Cortex of the Brain ‘Drift’ Over Time

Neurons in the visual cortex change their response to the same stimuli over time.

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·August 16, 2021·5 min read

Blind People Can’t See Color but Understand It the Same Way as Sighted People

Findings upend the long-standing belief that blind people lack deep knowledge of visual phenomena.

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·August 2, 2021·5 min read

Retina Hardwired to Predict Path of Moving Objects

Neural circuits within the retina are able to generate the information required to predict the movement and path of an object before visual signals leave the eye, researchers report.

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·August 2, 2021·2 min read

More to Pictures Than Meets the Eye

People perceive pictures of individuals within photographs as less real and having "less mind", a new study reports.

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·July 30, 2021·1 min read

Pupils Mirror Perception of Social Interaction

Perception of social interactions unfolds through pupil dilation. The findings shed light on the visual system's role in sensitivity to social interactions.

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·July 27, 2021·4 min read

How Decisions About What We See Are Relayed Back Through the Brain

Study reveals how decisions based on visual information, which involves a complex stream of data flowing forwards and backward along the visual pathways, are broadcast widely to neurons in the visual system, including those not involved in the decision-making process.

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·July 26, 2021·6 min read

Brain’s ‘Memory Center’ Needed to Recognize Image Sequences but Not Single Sights

While the visual cortex stores individual images in the brain, the hippocampus plays a significant role in the ability to recognize a sequence of images.

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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.