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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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·May 5, 2016·2 min read

Researchers Develop a Bee Model That Will Impact the Development of Aerial Robotics

Researchers have developed a computer model that shows how bees use vision to detect movement.

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·April 21, 2016·4 min read

Optogenetics Reveals Neural Wiring at Work in Visual System

Researchers genetically modify individual neurons to become more sensitive to light stimuli.

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·April 17, 2016·6 min read

Pay Attention! Researchers Uncover Mechanism That May Clarify Meaning of Attention

When it comes to attention, researchers report tiny eye movements filter important stimuli and relay that information to the brain.

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·April 16, 2016·5 min read

A New System for Color Vision

Researchers have discovered a mechanism of color vision that could answer long standing questions, such as why a dimly lit night sky has a bluish cast.

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·April 16, 2016·4 min read

Fish Eyed Lens Cuts Through the Dark

Researchers have developed a new artificial eye that can see in the dark.

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·April 4, 2016·2 min read

Seeing The Light

Research may lead to new methods for building light sensitive artificial cells, a new study reports.

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·March 21, 2016·4 min read

The Invisible World of Human Perception

A new study reveals people have more top down control of what they don't notice.

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·March 11, 2016·2 min read

How the Brain Routes Visual Signals

A new study provides clues as to how cells in the visual cortex directs sensory information to different targets throughout the brain.

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·March 9, 2016·3 min read

Friend or Foe: Our Peripheral Vision is Better at Recognizing People Than Objects

Researchers find our peripheral vision effectively allows us to judge what others are doing, even if they are not in our direct line of sight.

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·March 7, 2016·4 min read

Eye Cells Use Math to Detect Motion

A new study reinforces theory about how neurons process information.

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·March 3, 2016·4 min read

Neuronal Calculations Consider Expectations

According to researchers, fly brains take typical features of the environment into account when calculating motion.

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·March 1, 2016·3 min read

What We Know Can Affect How We See

Visual processing is influenced by experience, a new study reports.

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