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Lighting Up The Brain With Optogenetics

September 22, 2017September 22, 2017 Brainfacts.org 0 Comments Algae, Biomimicry, BrainFacts.org, Channelrhodopsin, Deep Brain Stimulation, Optogenetics, Parkinson's Disease, Retina, Video

Scientists studying pond scum discovered its peculiar ability to sense light, even without eyes. This discovery would eventually lead to a technique called optogenetics, one of the most powerful techniques… Read more

52 Brain Facts

Myth or Fact? Blind spots do not occur in healthy eyes.

January 4, 2016February 3, 2016 knowingneurons 0 Comments 52 Brain Facts, Blind, Blind spot, Brain, Eye, Nerve, Optic nerve, Retina

Brain Basics Sensation and Perception

Seeing Invisible Colors

July 1, 2015March 5, 2017 Joel Frohlich 5 Comments Blue, Cataract, Color, Cone, Eye, Frank Jackson, Gene therapy, Green, Lens, Light, Mantis Shrimp, Perception, Photoreceptor, Red, Retina, Ultraviolet, UV, Vision

What would the world be like without color? Imagine you are a neurophysiologist, who studies color perception. You know that light is a wave and that humans perceive color according… Read more

Did You Know? Interviews Sensation and Perception SfN 2014

Understanding the Visual System: A Conversation with Botond Roska

October 27, 2014March 5, 2017 Kate Fehlhaber 0 Comments Blind, Botond Roska, Circuits, Computational, Cortex, David Hubel, Neural, Neuroscience, Retina, See, Sense, SfN14, Sight, Thalamus, Vision, Visual

When we see the world, there is a huge amount of processing that occurs in the neural circuits of the retina, thalamus, and cortex before we can even begin to… Read more

Now Available in Trichromatic Vision Knowing Neurons

Brain Basics Did You Know? Neuroscience Art Sensation and Perception

Now Available in Trichromatic Color!

July 10, 2014March 5, 2017 knowingneurons 0 Comments Brain, Color, Color Blindness, Colorblind, Cone, Dichromat, Eye, Opsin, Photoreceptor, Photoreceptors, Retina, Trichromatic Theory, Vision, Wavelength

“What is color?” What a good question! The answer is a bit tricky, but it starts with light. Color is the visual perception of different wavelengths of light reflecting off… Read more

Brain Basics Did You Know? Neuroscience Technologies Sensation and Perception

Bionic Eyes: Bringing Artificial Vision into Focus

May 22, 2013March 5, 2017 knowingneurons 0 Comments Bionic Eyes, Blind, Eyes, Implant, macular degeneration, Mezzmer, Neural, Prosthesis, Retina, Retinitis pigmentosa, Vision

Neuro News Neuroscience Technologies Sensation and Perception

Retinal Prostheses: Restoring Vision to the Blind

May 20, 2013March 5, 2017 knowingneurons 4 Comments Argus II, Biomedical engineer, Eye, Photoreceptors, Prosthesis, Prosthetic device, Retina, Retinal implant, Retinal prosthesis, Retinitis pigmentosa, RP, Second Sight, See, Vision

Vision is arguably one of our most important senses. We rely on it to recognize color, shape, movement, distance, and perspective about the world around us. Although all parts of… Read more

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