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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.

Three photos showing size differences of same person in different positions.

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·September 28, 2015·4 min read

Neural Mechanism of Size Constancy Clarified

According to a new study, neurons in the visual cortical area V4 calculate the size of an object based on information on its retinal image size and distance from the object.

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·September 28, 2015·5 min read

Humans and Monkey See Visual Illusions in Similar Ways

A new study reveals humans and monkeys perceive visual illusions the same way.

Image of optic nerve in a patient with glaucoma.

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·September 10, 2015·4 min read

Genetic Interaction May Be Key to Development and Progression of Glaucoma

Findings could offer a new target to treat glaucoma, a new study reports.

This shows a graph tracking the speed of retinal image motion.

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·September 4, 2015·5 min read

Predicting How Humans Estimate Speed

Researchers believe they have devised an optimal model for speed and visual processing.

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·August 31, 2015·5 min read

Genetic Link to Nearsightedness in Children Who Spend a Lot of Time Reading

According to a new study, children with a variant of the APLP2 gene were up-to five times more likely to develop myopia if they spent more than an hour a day reading.

A VG3 amacrine cell (top, in green) is shown superimposed with an object motion detector cell (bottom, green). Each of the neurons is expressing sidekick-2, an adhesion molecule that allows the two neurons to find each other and connect. G: Nerve. Credit: Dr. Joshua R. Sanes.

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·August 31, 2015·6 min read

Built-In Delay Allows Us to See Small Moving Objects

A new study reveals how motion sensing neurons are linked to other cells in the eye.

This image shows the location of the visual cortex.

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·August 20, 2015·4 min read

Temporary Postnatal Blindness Triggers Lasting Reorganization in the Infant Brain

Researchers report temporary postnatal visual deprivation induces permanent auditory responses in the visual area of the infant's brain.

This image shows the routing of neural signals from the two eyes to the brain.

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·August 14, 2015·6 min read

Can Your Brain Control How it Loses Control?

New findings about glaucoma may have implications for Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.

This image shows a brain with the 4 main lobes labelled.

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·August 12, 2015·3 min read

An On-Off Switch for Brain Plasticity Following Vision Loss

New discoveries about neuroplasticity following vision loss could improve patient susceptibility to sensory prosthetics.

This shows how dandelions look to humans and honeybees.

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·August 6, 2015·5 min read

New Software Reveals the World Through Animal Eyes

Researchers have developed a new camera technology which reveals the world through the eyes of animals.

This is the moving snake optical illusion.

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·August 6, 2015·1 min read

How Do Optical Illusions Work?

A new video explains how optical illusions trick the brain.

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·August 3, 2015·3 min read

Fly Brains Ignore Visual Input Caused by Their Own Movements

A new study reports flies can silence visual input generated by their own movement. The findings may help advance understanding of how ongoing behavior can influence visual processing.