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FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·July 14, 2020·4 min readVision Scientists Discover Why Humans Literally Don’t See Eye to EyeOur ability to pinpoint the exact size and location of objects varies from one person to the next, and even within our own individual field of vision.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·November 21, 2018·5 min readNeurons Process Information Differently Depending on Their LocationThe thickness of the brain's neocortex influences how individual neurons process information, a new study reveals.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·April 7, 2023·5 min readIn Bilingual Readers, the Visual Cortex Processes Latin and Chinese Characters DifferentlyIn people who are bilingual in English and Chinese, certain cortical areas react specifically to Chinese ideograms and appear to be involved in facial recognition processing.Read More
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FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·June 4, 2019·4 min readBrains of children with epilepsy able to re-map after surgery to retain visual perceptionFollowing surgery, the brains of children with epilepsy are able to remap and compensate for damaged areas of the visual cortex. The findings shed light on brain plasticity.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·December 2, 2019·3 min readDecision-making process becomes visible in the brainStudy tracks how and where zebrafish brains transform the movement of the environment into a decision that causes the fish to swim in a specific direction.Read More
