visual neuroscience
How Our Brain Deciphers Gaze Direction
Health
Summary: A new study reveals the precise moment the brain detects gaze direction, enhancing our understanding of social interactions and disorders like ...
How Our Brain Deciphers Gaze Direction
Health
Summary: A new study reveals the precise moment the brain detects gaze direction, enhancing our understanding of social interactions and disorders like ...
Underutilized Visual Memory: We Recall Less Than We Can
Health
Summary: People often underuse their visual working memory (VWM), typically remembering fewer items than their capacity allows. Participants in the study usually ...
Why Are Some Images Are More Memorable Than Others?
Science
Summary: A new study reveals that the brain prioritizes remembering images that are harder to explain. Researchers used a computational model and ...
AI Decodes Fruit Fly Vision, Paving Way for Human Insight
Science
Summary: Researchers developed an AI model of the fruit fly brain to understand how vision guides behavior. By genetically silencing specific visual ...
Brain’s Arousal Fine-Tunes Visual Signals
Health
Summary: Arousal levels directly influence how the brain processes visual information. Researchers found that the firing patterns of neurons in the thalamus, ...
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 ...
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 ...
