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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 shows a bedroom scene and drawings from those who can and can't visualize

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·December 27, 2020·6 min read

Can’t Draw a Mental Picture? Aphantasia Causes Blind Spots in the Mind’s Eye

While people with aphantasia lack visual imagery ability, they have intact spatial memory. Findings suggest mental imagery recall and spatial memory may be stored differently in the brain.

This shows normal faces and the same faces in surgical masks

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·December 21, 2020·4 min read

Do I Know You? Researchers Evaluate How Masks Disrupt Facial Perception

It may be harder to recognize familiar faces when they wear a surgical mask to protect against COVID-19, a new study reports. Researchers noted a 15% drop in the ability for people to recognize faces when they were masked.

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·December 20, 2020·5 min read

Visual Illusion That May Help Explain Consciousness

A new visual illusion sheds light on redundancy masking and how we perceive our visual environment. The findings provide new insight into human consciousness.

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·December 17, 2020·4 min read

Brain Area Crucial for Recognizing Visual Events Identified

An area of the superior temporal sulcus is critical for visual processing and making decisions about visual information.

$This shows a fractal pattern$

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·December 11, 2020·5 min read

Like Adults, Children by Age 3 Prefer Seeing Fractal Patterns

Children as young as three have an adult-like preference for visual fractal patterns commonly seen in nature. The findings suggest the preference for common natural fractal patterns develops early in life.

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·December 8, 2020·3 min read

Visual Short-Term Memory Is More Complex Than Previously Assumed

Objects are not only represented in one form of short term memory but in several forms simultaneously.

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·December 7, 2020·3 min read

Problems With Depth Perception Caused by Too Many Cells

Too many chandelier cells in the binocular region of the brain impair visual depth perception.

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·December 3, 2020·2 min read

The Surprising Grammar of Touch

Study reveals grammar is evident and widespread in communication based on tactile interaction. The findings reveal that if one or more linguistic channel is unavailable, such as hearing or vision, structures will find another way to create formal categories.

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·November 23, 2020·3 min read

Eye Exam Could Lead to Early Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis

Artificial intelligence technology can identify early signatures of Parkinson's disease based on images of the retina vasculature taken from a simple eye test.

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·November 16, 2020·5 min read

Activity Patterns in the Brain Are Specific to the Color You See

Researchers were able to ascertain the colors people were seeing by looking at their brain activity. The study reveals we have unique brain activity associated with specific colors.

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·October 19, 2020·3 min read

Keeping Weight off Is up to Your Brain, Not Just Willpower

Weight loss isn't simply a matter of willpower, it's actually connected to basic visual and olfactory cues.

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·October 15, 2020·5 min read

Blue-Light Glasses Improve Sleep and Workday Productivity

Blue-light filtering glasses help improve sleep and work productivity, a new study reveals. The effects are most pronounced in those who consider themselves to be "night owls".

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Visual Neuroscience

Can’t Draw a Mental Picture? Aphantasia Causes Blind Spots in the Mind’s Eye

Do I Know You? Researchers Evaluate How Masks Disrupt Facial Perception

Visual Illusion That May Help Explain Consciousness

Brain Area Crucial for Recognizing Visual Events Identified

Like Adults, Children by Age 3 Prefer Seeing Fractal Patterns

Visual Short-Term Memory Is More Complex Than Previously Assumed

Problems With Depth Perception Caused by Too Many Cells

The Surprising Grammar of Touch

Eye Exam Could Lead to Early Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis

Activity Patterns in the Brain Are Specific to the Color You See

Keeping Weight off Is up to Your Brain, Not Just Willpower

Blue-Light Glasses Improve Sleep and Workday Productivity

Early-Life Metal Exposure Linked to Adolescent Brain Health

Faster AI Isn’t Always Perceived as Better

Wearable Sensors to Detect Early Autism Signs in Infancy

Everyday Skills Protect the Developing Brain from Prenatal Stress

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