visual system

Mice have neurons that connect to both eyes but only propagate the signal from one or the other, simplifying the information sent to the cerebral cortex.

Spontaneous waves of nerve impulses flowing across the retina help mouse pups practice motion detection for when they eventually open their eyes.

Carbon dioxide pumped into a bright chamber mimics a breathing host for the pest to target.

Neural networks generate abstract images designed to activate particular cells, lending insight into their function.

A study of 13 starfish species reveals that even animals that live at depths where sunlight doesn’t reach have functioning eyes.

People who read normally tend to have one dominant eye while people with dyslexia do not, research shows.

In the developing Drosophila visual system, signals from glia cultivate the growth of neurons from immature cells.

The first data include real-time neural activity in the visual cortex of mice observing pictures and videos.

Deciphering how a jumping spider sees the world and processes visual information may yield insights into long-standing robotics problems.

Cornell researchers probe the brains of jumping spiders to gain insight into the arachnid's visual processing capabilities.

An issue highlighting advances in vision research

Sounds trigger a response in the visual cortex that predicts how accurately a person can identify a visual target.

Georgia Tech researchers develop technology that could allow assistance dogs to better communicate with their handlers.

David Hubel, who helped revolutionize the understanding of visual information processing, has passed away at age 87.

Neuroscientists’ discover a difference in the way the visual system processes simple and complex objects.

Pro athletes can learn to parse a complicated moving visual scene faster than most.

Researchers have discovered how the brain broadly characterizes objects by size, revealing a fundamental insight into how we interact with the world.

Over the past decade, researchers at RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Japan have generated complex tissues, including mouse retinas and Purkinje cells (a type of neuron) that integrated appropriately into the mouse fetal brain.