A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology has not only learned a simple visual ...

As in larger brains, mouse visual cortex neurons with the same function cluster in columns. For over 50 years, it has been known that in the cerebral cortex of many mammals, neurons with the same ...

It was once believed that mice had relatively poor vision. Turns out mice are far from blind – and studying how their vision ...

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology not only learned a simple visual category learning task exactly as ...

For generations, adults with amblyopia were told their vision loss was permanent, a childhood problem that medicine could not ...

Young minds are easily molded. Each new experience rewires a child's brain circuitry, adding and removing synaptic ...

When one eye is deprived of vision early in life, it can lead to amblyopia, a condition more commonly known as lazy eye. This happens because a lack of input disrupts synapse formation in the brain's ...

Cells called astrocytes are about as abundant in the brain as neurons, but scientists have spent much less time figuring out how they contribute to brain functions. A novel study by MIT researchers at ...

The 1950s were a relatively rudimentary era for experimental neurophysiology. Recording the electrical activity of neurons wasn’t uncommon, but the methods often demanded considerable patience and ...

Amblyopia, often called lazy eye, develops when the brain fails to receive balanced input from both eyes early in life. One ...