Focusing on what's important represents one of the main tasks of the brain. But how do we manage to separate the important from the unimportant? It has long been known that oscillatory neural activity is a key factor for ...
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Researchers from NIPS explored the brain neuronal mechanism that allows the perception of familiar images even if they are indistinct. They found that the number of neurons responding to low-contrast rather than high-contrast ...
Nov 26, 2021
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Playing video games that are heavy on action can make you better at some new tasks. New research reveals that these games are helping by teaching players to be quicker learners.
Oct 26, 2021
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A new brain implant based on intracortical microelectrodes can allow a blind person to see shapes and letters. New research by the Miguel Hernández Univresity (UMH) of Spain shows that the implantation of this micro device ...
Oct 21, 2021
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It is generally believed that children's visual perception basically reaches adults' level at the age of 6–7. But a new study shows that the development of children's visual perception does not stop before the age of 10.
Oct 18, 2021
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A form of gene therapy protects optic nerve cells and preserves vision in mouse models of glaucoma, according to research supported by NIH's National Eye Institute. The findings suggest a way forward for developing neuroprotective ...
Jul 22, 2021
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We can generally recognize an object, even if it is presented for a very brief time. However, if another object appears immediately following the first object, the perception on the first object is impaired such that we do ...
Jun 25, 2021
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You enter a room and quickly scan the crowd to gain a sense of who's there—how many men versus women. How reliable is your estimate?
May 11, 2021
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The order in which your senses interact with food has a tremendous impact on how much you like it. That's the premise of a new study led by the University of South Florida (USF). The findings published in the Journal of Consumer ...
Apr 14, 2021
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Researchers specializing in psychiatry and psychology at the University of Helsinki investigated the effects of depression on visual perception. The study confirmed that the processing of visual information is altered in ...
Mar 29, 2021
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