Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·September 23, 2019·2 min readHow the brain repurposes unused regionsThere is an underlying organization that dictates how the visual cortex is repurposed in blind people, which is not random.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·September 18, 2019·3 min readLearning to read boosts the visual brainLearning to read enhances responses to other visual input in early visual areas of the brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·September 17, 2019·5 min readBrain may not need body movements to learn virtual spacesVision appears to play a more dominant role than motor movements when it comes to encoding memory of large-scale spaces. The findings address a long-standing debate as to whether or not body movements aid the learning of physical spaces.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·September 13, 2019·4 min readNew insights into how astrocytes help the brain process informationNoradrenaline is essential for astrocytes to respond to local stimulation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·September 3, 2019·4 min readHuman perception of colors does not rely entirely on languageBased on the study of a stroke patient with damage to the occipito-temporal brain region, researchers made a big discovery about color categorization. They reveal color categorization and naming can be independent in the human brain. The finding challenges long-standing theories of the mandatory involvement of language in adult human cognition and color discrimination.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·August 29, 2019·3 min readSeeing it both ways: Visual perspective in memoryHow we recall our memories, either through first-person perspective or as an observer, can affect the vividness and potency of the memory. Remembering an event in first-person perspective can make the memory stronger.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·August 19, 2019·4 min readNew artificial compound eye could improve 3D object trackingA new, bio-inspired compound eye is helping researchers to understand how insects sense an object and its trajectory with such speed.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·August 15, 2019·4 min readAutism can be measured through a non-verbal markerA 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.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychologyVisual Neuroscience·July 27, 2019·3 min readThe case against realityA new theory argues consciousness creates neural activity, and humans have evolved to see what is needed for survival. Perception, it is argued, is a user interface which may not necessarily be real.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychologyVisual Neuroscience·July 22, 2019·4 min readWhen you spot 1 driving hazard, you may be missing anotherSubsequent search miss causes a reduction in the ability to detect an additional hazard when they spot another. The findings could help modify driver training to help reduce accidents and to develop in-vehicle technologies that focus on accident reduction.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·July 18, 2019·5 min readStimulating neurons to induce particular perceptions in mice’s mindsUsing optogenetics, researchers stimulated neurons in the visual cortex of mice to induce illusory images in the animals' minds.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·July 17, 2019·3 min readWhat You Think Is What You SeePerception and working memory are more deeply entangled than previously believed.Read More
