Pediatrics
If asked the right way, toddlers will choose broccoli over cake, study finds
"Would you like cake or broccoli?" If you ask a child under the age of 3, the answer—eight times out of 10—will be broccoli.
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'Binocular' treatment followed by sleep found to help with a common vision problem
Amblyopia, sometimes called lazy eye, is a common vision problem in children and babies, and it's typically been treated by having the child wear a patch on the stronger eye, with the goal of improving sight for the weaker ...
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Neuroscience
Single neuron consciousness in the binocular brain
In contrast to unpaired organs like the heart, liver or appendix, the brain is recognizable as a roughly symmetrical organ. Consciousness is a seemingly unpaired phenomenon created by this paired organ. One way to explore ...
Neuroscience
Study reveals source of remarkable memory of 'superagers'
As we age, our brains typically undergo a slow process of atrophy, causing less robust communication between various brain regions, which leads to declining memory and other cognitive functions. But a rare group of older ...
Jul 6, 2021
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Health
Taking fish oil tablets for four weeks improves 'night vision,' study says
Fish oil supplements can significantly improve 'night vision', according to a new study.
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Neuroscience
Transplanted embryonic nerve cells can functionally integrate into damaged neural networks
When it comes to recovering from insult, the adult human brain has very little ability to compensate for nerve-cell loss. Biomedical researchers and clinicians are therefore exploring the possibility of using transplanted ...
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Neuroscience
Optical illusions explained in a fly's eyes
Why people perceive motion in some static images has mystified not only those who view these optical illusions but neuroscientists who have tried to explain the phenomenon. Now Yale neuroscientists have found some answers ...
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Study finds conscious visual perception occurs outside the visual system
A Dartmouth study finds that the conscious perception of visual location occurs in the frontal lobes of the brain, rather than in the visual system in the back of the brain. The findings are published in Current Biology.
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Pay attention to the 'noise' in your brain
Take a look at your favorite mug; it probably looks the same as it always has, but your neurons may not think so. Neurons are firing in response to the visual stimuli they see but they don't fire in exactly the same way every ...
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The mysterious case of the boy missing most of his visual cortex who can see anyway
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers with Monash University recently gave a presentation at a neuroscience conference in Australia outlining their study of the brain of a seven-year-old boy who was missing most of his ...
