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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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·April 30, 2020·2 min read

Eyes send an unexpected signal to the brain

A new study puts into question conventional belief that the eyes communicate with the brain exclusively via one signaling pathway. Researchers have identified a subset of retinal neurons that sends inhibitory signals to the brain. This subset of neurons is also involved in the synchronization of circadian rhythms to light/dark cycles and pupil constriction to bright light intensity.

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·April 28, 2020·4 min read

How mistakes help us recognize things

Contextual information, especially space and sequence, contributes to the distortion of perception in short-term memory.

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·April 26, 2020·2 min read

Neuropeptide somatostatin enhances visual processing

The neuropeptide somatostatin improves visual processing and cognitive behaviors by reducing excitatory inputs to parvalbumin-positive interneurons in mice.

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·April 10, 2020·5 min read

Video games improve the visual attention of expert players

If you're playing video games to help kill time during social distancing, you might be improving your visual attention abilities. Researchers found experienced gamers have faster information processing abilities and can allocate more cognitive power to individual visual stimuli. Playing video games can cause long-term changes in the brain and lead to improvements in temporal visual selective attention.

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·April 9, 2020·5 min read

Misfiring from jittery neurons sets fundamental limit on perception

Study provides new evidence supporting the theory that perceptual limitations are caused by a correlated noise in neural activity.

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·March 28, 2020·3 min read

Eye movements precede hand movements in two-pronged decision-making processes

Eye movements distinguish between "go" and "no go" actions early in the decision-making process, before the hand even starts to move.

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·March 25, 2020·2 min read

Low risk of COVID-19 spreading through tears

A new study reveals the risk of transmission of COVID-19 through tears is low. However, transmission can occur if you touch an item infected with the virus and then touch your eye.

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·March 10, 2020·5 min read

How the brain encodes landmarks that help us navigate

The retrosplenial cortex combines visual and spatial information to help us navigate our way around.

This shows the process from real face image to computer generated face

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·March 5, 2020·7 min read

A new model of vision

A new computer model captures the human visual system's ability to quickly generate a detailed scene description from an image.

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·March 4, 2020·4 min read

Our eye movements help us retrieve memories

People move their eyes to determine whether or not they have seen an image before. Their eye movement patterns could predict memory mistakes. Findings reveal eye movements play a functional role in memory retrieval.

This shows a brain scan of a 27 day old baby

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·March 2, 2020·5 min read

Earliest look at newborns’ visual cortex reveals the minds babies start with

A newborn's brain is more adult-like than previously assumed. Neuroimaging revealed much of the visual cortex scaffolding is in place, along with patterns of brain activity at 27 days of age, although it is not quite as strong as seen in adult brains.

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·March 2, 2020·5 min read

Why those on the autism spectrum are often hypersensitive to light and noise

Mice lacking the autism-associated SHANK3 gene were more sensitive to sensation, including touch. The mice also had overactive excitatory neurons in the somatosensory cortex, which may account for sensory hypersensitivity.

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Visual Neuroscience

Eyes send an unexpected signal to the brain

How mistakes help us recognize things

Neuropeptide somatostatin enhances visual processing

Video games improve the visual attention of expert players

Misfiring from jittery neurons sets fundamental limit on perception

Eye movements precede hand movements in two-pronged decision-making processes

Low risk of COVID-19 spreading through tears

How the brain encodes landmarks that help us navigate

A new model of vision

Our eye movements help us retrieve memories

Earliest look at newborns’ visual cortex reveals the minds babies start with

Why those on the autism spectrum are often hypersensitive to light and noise

Hearing Aids Linked to 23% Lower Dementia Risk in Epilepsy

Reading Is the Ultimate Cognitive Enhancer

Dual Brain-Machine Interfaces Unlock Bionic Hand Kinesthesia

Overcoming Endothelial Sorting to Cure Glioblastoma

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