Neuroscience
Eyes offer a window into the mystery of human consciousness
Since he was a kid Hal Blumenfeld has wondered about the nature of human consciousness.
Dec 8, 2022
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Neuroscience
Study reveals role of retrosplenial cortex in regulating sub-stage transition during rapid eye movement sleep
In a study published in Nature Neuroscience, researchers from Dr. Liu Danqian's Lab at the Institute of Neuroscience, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences demonstrated ...
Nov 18, 2022
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Neuroscience
Running, dreaming improve left brain-right brain communication
You're out jogging and suddenly notice a low-hanging tree branch in your path. You quickly lower your head, narrowly avoiding the branch, and continue on the run without giving it another thought. But how did your brain help ...
Jul 6, 2022
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Medical research
Sleep triggered by stress can help mice cope with later anxiety
Stress boosts a kind of sleep in mice that subsequently relieves anxiety, according to new research that also pinpoints the mechanism responsible.
Jun 30, 2022
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Medical research
How sleep helps to process emotions
Researchers at the Department of Neurology of the University of Bern and University Hospital Bern identified how the brain triages emotions during dream sleep to consolidate the storage of positive emotions while dampening ...
May 13, 2022
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Autism spectrum disorders
Children with autism exhibit typical joint attention during toy play with a parent
For decades, autism research has relied on data collected during lab tasks or interviews with clinicians that are more constrained than the child's day-to-day interactions with others. A study published in the journal Current ...
May 12, 2022
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Ophthalmology
Eye tracking can be used to assess the perceptual abilities of people with multiple disabilities
How do we assess the needs of people with severe multiple disabilities? Unable to communicate verbally and physically, this population has nearly no possibility of expressing itself. They are therefore sometimes considered ...
Apr 26, 2022
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Neuroscience
How do our eyes stay focused on what we reach for? Researchers uncover how our gaze is 'anchored' in the brain
Keeping our eyes focused on what we reach for, whether it be an item at the grocery store or a ground ball on the baseball field, may appear seamless, but, in fact, is due to a complex neurological process involving intricate ...
Apr 20, 2022
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Neuroscience
Learning gains while we sleep originate from the learning process itself and not just from using the brain
The consolidation of learning that occurs during sleep is a result of the learning process and not merely because certain brain regions get used a lot during learning, a RIKEN researcher and her collaborator have shown. This ...
Apr 1, 2022
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Neuroscience
Attention to objects in peripheral vision is not driven by tiny eye movements
Minuscule involuntary eye movements, known as microsaccades, can occur even while one is carefully staring at a fixed point in space. When paying attention to something in the peripheral vision (called covert attention), ...
Mar 25, 2022
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