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Zebrafish study reveals developmental mechanisms of eye movement

Researchers studying zebrafish have found that genes linked to autism spectrum disorder and other developmental brain abnormalities may be playing a role in people who cannot control their eye movements.
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Deep neural networks uncover what the brain likes to see

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Tübingen in Germany have developed a novel computational approach to finding stimuli that neurons in the brain ‘like.’
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Novel technique helps explain why bright light keeps us awake

Researchers at the Salk Institute and UC San Diego discover a way to make electron microscopy more detailed and precise by visualizing the activation of brain circuits over long distances.
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Navigating "Neuralville": Virtual town helps map brain functions

Using a virtual town, psychologists at Emory University have found that the human brain uses three distinct systems to perceive our environment.
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Innovative technique for labeling and mapping inhibitory neurons reveals diverse tuning profile

Researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience uncovered a diverse palette of inhibition within layer 2/3 of the visual cortex, suggestive of a more complex functional connectivity that may allow for enhanced flexibility of...
Grantee News

When a fix for one vision problem causes another

As we age, our eyes lose their ability to focus up close. It’s a condition called presbyopia, and it’s both extremely common and relatively easy to fix, with solutions like reading glasses, bifocals, or progressive lenses.
Grantee News

Area of Brain Associated with Spatial Awareness and Planning Actions also Plays Crucial Role in Decision Making

New research by neuroscientists at the University of Chicago shows that the posterior parietal cortex (PPC), an area of the brain often associated with planning movements and spatial awareness, also plays a crucial role in making decisions about images...
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Rosy Health and Sickly Green: Color Associations Play Robust Role in Reading Faces

Anyone who has ever sensed that a person is sick simply by looking at their face has experienced the wealth of information conveyed by face color.
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In New Study, Columbia Researchers Controlled Behavior In a Mouse’s Brain with Single-cell Precision

For the first time, a team of neuroscientists from Columbia University have controlled a visual behavior of a mouse by activating a few neurons in its visual cortex.
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Children’s Brains Reorganize After Epilepsy Surgery to Retain Visual Perception

Children can keep full visual perception – the ability to process and understand visual information – after brain surgery for severe epilepsy, according to a study funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health.

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