visual neuroscience
Brain Circuit for Color Perception Identified
Science
Summary: Researchers have identified the specific brain circuits in fruit flies responsible for color perception. These neurons within the optic lobe respond ...
Visual Diet Shapes Development in Infants
Health
Summary: Researchers uncovered a critical aspect of infant vision, revealing that very young babies experience a unique visual diet consisting of simple, ...
Nano-Scale Vision Implant Promises New Hope for Blindness
Health
Summary: Researchers developed a novel vision implant, featuring electrodes as small as a single neuron. This advanced technology, designed to interface directly ...
How Sensory Experiences Shape Neurons
Health
Summary: A new study introduces BARseq—a rapid, cost-effective method for mapping brain cells, revealing new insights into how our brains are structured ...
Pupil Dilation Linked to Working Memory Capacity
Health
Summary: Researchers discovered that pupil dilation can indicate levels of working memory. In a study, researchers observed that individuals whose pupils dilated ...
Eye Tests Predict Parkinson’s Progression
Health
Summary: Optical coherence tomography, commonly used in eye exams, can monitor neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s disease patients by measuring the thickness of the ...
Sense of Smell Relies on Predictive Coding More Than Vision
Health
Summary: Our sense of smell operates on predictive coding more so than vision, challenging previous notions of smell as a primitive sense. ...
Unlocking the Brain’s Attention Network
Health
Summary: Researchers have utilized depth electrodes in epilepsy patients to study exogenous attention, the involuntary shift of focus triggered by external stimuli. ...
Eye-Opening Insights Into Human and Insect Vision
Health
Summary: Researchers unveiled significant findings on the production of 11-cis-retinal, a molecule crucial for vision in both humans and insects. By studying ...
Seeing Motion: Brain’s Role in the Continuity Illusion
Health
Summary: A new study uncovers how our brains convert a series of rapid flashes into the perception of smooth, continuous motion, a ...
