A new study published reports that social deficits in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) correlate with early structural and connectivity traits particularly in the visual ...

Wiring up the brain's trillions of circuit connections is an enormous job performed by a huge crew of molecules. Among the less understood members are circular RNAs, transcripts from DNA that assume a ...

Visual object recognition is a fundamental cognitive ability that organizes the visual world into meaningful perceptual units. Whether identifying food, threats or a friend in a crowd, object ...

The mammalian brain achieves sophisticated sensory processing through its hierarchical and parallel neural network 1,2,3,6. In the visual system, multiple higher visual areas (HVAs) constitute ventral ...

Things are busy on a rainy Saturday afternoon when I make a trip to the mall to finalize some back-to-school shopping. I pass by a lot of people, including several parents with young children under ...