News tagged with visual signals

Rising above the din: Attention makes sensory signals stand out amidst the background noise in the brain

The brain never sits idle. Whether we are awake or asleep, watch TV or close our eyes, waves of spontaneous nerve signals wash through our brains. Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies studying visual attention ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Perceptual learning relies on local motion signals to learn global motion

Researchers have long known of the brain's ability to learn based on visual motion input, and a recent study has uncovered more insight into where the learning occurs.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Singing brains' offers epilepsy and schizophrenia clues

Studying the way a person's brain 'sings' could improve our understanding of conditions such as epilepsy and schizophrenia and help develop better treatments, scientists at Cardiff University have discovered.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Brain mechanisms for behavioral flexibility

New research provides insight into how the brain can execute different actions in response to the same stimulus. The study, published by Cell Press in the April 16 issue of the journal Neuron, suggests that i ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Autism skews developing brain with synchronous motion and sound (w/Video)

Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) tend to stare at people's mouths rather than their eyes. Now, an NIH-funded study in 2-year-olds with the social deficit disorder suggests why they might find mouths so attractive: ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 29, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 9

Echoes discovered in early visual brain areas play role in working memory

(PhysOrg.com) -- Vanderbilt University researchers have discovered that early visual areas, long believed to play no role in higher cognitive functions such as memory, retain information previously hidden from brain studies. ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 0


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