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Hearing disabilities is linked to brain, not ears

This research brings together the fields of hearing and speech science, neuroscience and cognitive science, electrical engineering, biology, and systems science.

Oct 19, 2016, 16:23 PM IST

Rely on aerobics for healthy brain function: Study

 Young adults who have greater aerobic fitness also have greater volume of their entorhinal cortex, an area of the brain responsible for memory, research showed.

Dec 03, 2015, 17:51 PM IST

'Rat vision' gives humans best sight ever

Humans have the best of all possible visual worlds because our full stereo vision combines with primitive visual pathways to quickly spot danger, a study led by University of Sydney has discovered.

Nov 23, 2015, 12:47 PM IST

How our eyes process danger and emotions

The finding shows that in humans and other primates, information from the eyes is not only sent to the visual cortex for the complex processing that allows stereoscopic vision, but also could feed directly into deep brain circuits for attention and emotion.

Nov 20, 2015, 17:43 PM IST