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Blurry (scientific) vision
In February, I wrote about a controversial report claiming that people with autism have ‘eagle-eye’ vision. Now, four scientists have published rebuttals to that study, citing major flaws … more →
Virginia Hughes
Blurry (scientific) vision
virginiahughes wrote 2 days ago: In February, I wrote about a controversial report claiming that people with autism have ‘eagle … more →
Visual Illusion of the Year
virginiahughes wrote 1 month ago: New Scientist pointed me to a contest, run by neuroscientists, of the best new visual illusions. Def … more →
Flawed figures
virginiahughes wrote 2 months ago: There’s no denying that, in the past two decades, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has r … more →
Unmasking schizophrenia
virginiahughes wrote 3 months ago: The word schizophrenia comes from the Greek skhizein, meaning ‘to split’ and phren, which means ‘mi … more →
Capturing brain synchrony
virginiahughes wrote 4 months ago: A new way of analyzing the data gathered from electroencephalography (EEG) — a non-invasive techniqu … more →
My Thursday...
virginiahughes wrote 4 months ago: …was spent skipping around the Salk Institute, in beautiful La Jolla, California: I was immed … more →
'Eagle-Eye' Vision in Autism?
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virginiahughes wrote 5 months ago: When children with autism look at these 'Gabor patches', their brain response is about 20 mi … more →
What's Next for Mouse Models?
virginiahughes wrote 10 months ago: Photo Credit: Tony Zador, CSHL In the past year, researchers have debuted a growing number of mouse … more →
Yummy, Says Your Gut
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virginiahughes wrote 1 year ago: So far, researchers have identified five taste receptors on the human tongue that sense the followin … more →
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