News tagged with visual perceptions
Nanosized diamonds enable progress in retinal prostheses
Research groups in several countries are making progress in retinal prosthesis development. If they achieve their aims, patients who have gone blind, due to loss of their photoreceptors, could recover a better ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 17, 2011 |
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Marijuana use may hurt intellectual skills in MS patients
Any possible pain relief that marijuana has for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) may be outweighed by the drug's apparent negative effect on thinking skills, according to research published in the March 29, 2011, print ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 28, 2011 |
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Learning to see consciously
Our brains process many more stimuli than we become aware of. Often images enter our brain without being noticed: visual information is being processed, but does not reach consciousness, that is, we do not ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 09, 2011 |
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Scientists boost perception using rhythmic transcranial magnetic stimulation
Researchers at the University of Glasgow and University College London (UCL) have, for the first time, enhanced visual perception through rhythmic transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the brain.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 14, 2011 |
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Bringing 3D to the operating room
(PhysOrg.com) -- For all of their high-tech advantages, laparoscopic surgical systems are only capable of providing a two-dimensional visualization -- or in other words, no depth perception.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Perceptual changes - a key to our consciousness
(PhysOrg.com) -- With his coat billowing behind him and his right eye tightly closed, Captain Blackbeard watches the endless sea with his telescope. Suddenly the sea disappears as the pirate opens his right ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 19, 2010 |
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Transcription factor scan identifies genetic cause for inherited blindness
Retinitis pigmentosa is an inherited eye disorder characterized by progressive loss of vision that in many instances leads to legal blindness at the end stage.
Nov 18, 2010 |
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Obedient sensory neurons
Using monkey electrophysiology, Dr. Koida and Dr. Komatsu (Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan) found that task demand altered the response of the inferior temporal neurons.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 26, 2010 |
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Researchers find the blind use visual brain area to improve other senses
People who have been blind from birth make use of the visual parts of their brain to refine their sensation of sound and touch, according to an international team of researchers led by neuroscientists at Georgetown University ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Interaction with neighbors: Neuronal field simulates brain activity
The appearance of a spot of light on the retina causes sudden activation of millions of neurons in the brain within tenths of milliseconds. At the first cortical processing stage, the primary visual cortex, each neuron thereby ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 27, 2010 |
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Video games lead to faster decisions that are no less accurate
Cognitive scientists from the University of Rochester have discovered that playing action video games trains people to make the right decisions faster. The researchers found that video game players develop ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 13, 2010 |
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What the doctor prescribes: Customized medical-image databases
Digital archives of biomedical images could someday put critical information at doctors' fingertips within seconds, illustrating how computers can improve the way medicine is practiced. The current reality, however, isn't ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 02, 2010 |
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Brain fitness program study reveals visual memory improvement in older adults
A commercial brain fitness program has been shown to improve memory in older adults, at least in the period soon after training. The findings are the first to show that practicing simple visual tasks can improve the accuracy ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 14, 2010 |
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Psychological research conducted in WEIRD nations may not apply to global populations
A new University of British Columbia study says that an overreliance on research subjects from the U.S. and other Western nations can produce false claims about human psychology and behavior because their psychological tendencies ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 30, 2010 |
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Spot the difference predicts model of human visual attention
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a computerized game of 'spot the difference', people are more likely to notice things added or removed than even major changes in colour.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 21, 2010 |
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