News tagged with visual patterns


Study shows that individual brain cells track where we are and how we move

(Medical Xpress)—Leaving the house in the morning may seem simple, but with every move we make, our brains are working feverishly to create maps of the outside world that allow us to navigate and to remember ...

Neuroscience created May 03, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Wide-eyed fear expressions may help us—and others—to locate threats

Wide-eyed expressions that typically signal fear may enlarge our visual field and mutually enhance others' ability to locate threats, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Ps ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Could scientists peek into your dreams? (w/ video)

(HealthDay)—Talk about mind reading. Researchers have discovered a potential way to decode your dreams, predicting the content of the visual imagery you've experienced on the basis of neural activity recorded ...

Neuroscience created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

One region, two functions: Brain cells' multitasking key to understanding overall brain function

A region of the brain known to play a key role in visual and spatial processing has a parallel function: sorting visual information into categories, according to a new study by researchers at the University ...

Neuroscience created Mar 06, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Two heads are better than one: Gene expression reveals molecular mechanisms underlying evolution of cerebral cortex

Dramatic expansion of the human cerebral cortex, over the course of evolution, accommodated new areas for specialized cognitive function, including language. Understanding the genetic mechanisms underlying ...

Neuroscience created Nov 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Neuroscientists unlock shared brain codes

A team of neuroscientists at Dartmouth College has shown that different individuals' brains use the same, common neural code to recognize complex visual images.

Neuroscience created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Researchers utilize neuroimaging to show how brain uses objects to recognize scenes

Research conducted by Boston College neuroscientist Sean MacEvoy and colleague Russell Epstein of the University of Pennsylvania finds evidence of a new way of considering how the brain processes and recognizes ...

Neuroscience created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Categories rule: High-order brain centers pave the way for visual recognition

(Medical Xpress) -- The real world is, in a word, cluttered – but thanks to evolution, we (and other mammals) have no trouble detecting objects in visually complex natural environments. Determining precisely ...

Neuroscience created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast feature

A little practice can change the brain in a lasting way: study

A little practice goes a long way, according to researchers at McMaster University, who have found the effects of practice on the brain have remarkable staying power.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast