Even though the human visual system has sophisticated machinery for processing color, the brain has no problem recognizing objects in black-and-white images. A new study from MIT offers a possible explanation for how the ...
May 23, 2024
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New research says the wide variety of skills displayed by people with conditions such as ADHD, dyslexia, and autism should be celebrated to help reduce stigma and change society's expectations.
Mar 26, 2024
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Females are often underdiagnosed with being on the autism spectrum because they often mask their symptoms more successfully than males. The key to understanding why may be in a simple eye exam.
Sep 25, 2023
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Nearly half of humanity speaks more than one language, and many adults can read and master several writing systems. How does the visual cortex adapt to the recognition of words written with different characters? To answer ...
Apr 7, 2023
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To make sense of a visual scene, it's important to be able to pick out any figures or objects from the background. In a study published recently in Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, researchers from Japan have expanded on ...
Feb 16, 2023
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To recognize a famous voice, human brains use the same center that lights up when the speaker's face is presented, finds a neuroscience study where participants were asked to identify U.S. presidents.
Jan 3, 2023
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The most detailed map ever made of the communication links between the hippocampus—the brain's memory control center—and the rest of the brain has been created by Australian scientists. And it may change how we think ...
Nov 9, 2022
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Damage to a part of the brain that processes visual information—the inferotemporal (IT) cortex—can be devastating, especially for adults. Those affected may lose the ability to read (a disorder known as alexia), or recognize ...
Feb 3, 2022
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The identification of people wearing masks has often presented a unique challenge during the pandemic. A new study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel and York University in Canada reveals ...
Dec 21, 2020
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MIT researchers have identified a brain pathway critical in enabling primates to effortlessly identify objects in their field of vision. The findings enrich existing models of the neural circuitry involved in visual perception ...
Oct 21, 2020
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