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The Eye-Opening Neuroscience Behind Your Vision
How the brain helps us see is a captivating subject in the world of neuroscience.
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What Color Is Monday?
The question may sound bizarre, but for people with synesthesia, days of the week might have their own colors, shapes, textures — even smells!
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Seeing Culture in Our Brain
Our culture affects what we eat, what we wear, and what language we speak. However, where we grow up in the world may also affect certain aspects of how our brains work.
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  • 4 min
Your World In 3-D, No Glasses Needed
Welcome to the crossroads of the optic nerves.
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A Developing Fruit Fly Eye
With more than half of its tiny brain devoted to sight, the fruit fly is a favorite animal model for scientists studying the visual system.
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The Pathway That Helps Know What You See
Advances in imaging technology allow scientists to look at the wiring that helps us understand our surroundings.
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Migraines: What's Light Got to Do With it?
Neuroscientists are investigating how light triggers and exacerbates migraines.
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Night Vision
In the human retina, low-light-sensitive rods outnumber color-sensing cones by about twenty to one.
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Restoring Sight and Sound
It isn’t just your ears that allow you to hear, or just your eyes that allow you to see — it’s your brain.
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The Eye-Brain Connection
Bundles of extra-long axons transmit signals from eyes to brain.
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The Science of Optical Illusions
Check out these optical illusions and learn why your brain gets tricked!
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Colliding Senses: Life With Synesthesia
Hearing words that evoke visions of color or seeing letters that have gender are just a few examples of experiencing synesthesia. Jessica Johnson investigates this tangling of the senses.
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Is Your Brain Lying to You?
Is seeing believing? Look at these cards and see if you can tell which is bigger.
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