Electrode arrays could help regenerate damaged optic nerves ...

Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine and Host of Strange Health podcast, The Conversation David Schwartzman receives funding from the Medical Research Council (UKRI083) and was partly supported by ...

Summary: New research reveals how psychedelic drugs reshape brain communication by suppressing normal visual processing and amplifying memory-linked circuits, which helps explain hallucinations at a ...

Introduction Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness and is characterised by progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells. While therapies to lower intraocular pressure slow the ...

A new study has demonstrated that the brains of people who experience migraines and other types of headaches cannot modulate visual stimulation in the same way a person without these conditions can.

Introduction Delirium is a common acute cognitive impairment characterised by confusion, disorientation and attention deficits, particularly prevalent in intensive care unit (ICU) settings. Given its ...

Summary: Researchers have uncovered how visual information is processed across the brain’s complex and flexible networks. One study showed visual signals are selectively targeted or broadly broadcast, ...

Every day, companies, products and media are competing for consumer's attention. We give it away constantly, often without realizing it. While attention is intangible and difficult to quantify, once ...

How neurons transform inputs into outputs is a fundamental building block of brain computation. Here, we measure neurons’ IO functions in the awake and intact brain, where ongoing network activity ...