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'What we see seems like what we have just seen': A new study describes the potential origin of this perceptual bias

Things are not always as they appear: what we see seems like what we have just seen, a new SISSA study says.Read the article here....

When light is the switch: Nanometric photodiodes to study the activity of neurons

In a novel approach, a new study at SISSA uses technology that can activate individual nerve cells with a light impulse. Read the article...

The vision: Tailored optical stimulation for the blind

The results of a collaboration between EPFL, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna and Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, published today in Patterns, show that a new stimulation protocol of the ...

Vision: Observing the world during childhood affects the rest of life

Development to adulthood depends on observing the surroundings and not only on explicit teaching. This also applies to the development of the visual system. This is the conclusion reached by two neuro...

Dementia and eating disorders: it is a problem of (semantic) memory

Binge eating, sugary foods cravings, abnormal table manners: new research conducted by SISSA sheds light for the first time on the possible origins of these eating behaviors...Read the article...

"I predict your words': That is how we understand what others say to us

We are at a fun but noisy party: how can we understand the words someone is saying to us despite the background music and voices? Thanks to the hard work of our brain and a special trick, it is capabl...

Synchronized or independent neurons: This is how the brain encodes information

Like a book in which the single pages are not all different but carry small portions of common text, or like a group of people who whistle a very similar tune": this is how our brain cells work, say s...

Link between music and speech rhythm in brain could provide language insight

Neuroscientist Dr. Domenica Bueti often plays an altered version of the classic aria La donna è mobile when she gives talks about the importance of time perception. Her friend's piano rendition of Giu...

Collecting the right quantity of evidence: How the brain makes a difficult decision

New research conducted in the Cognitive Neuroscience group of SISSA shows that a perceptual decision—recognizing an object and taking the appropriate action—is triggered as soon as the brain's process...
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