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Perceptual grouping enhances visual plasticity. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Visual perceptual learning, a manifestation of neural plasticity, refers to improvements in performance on a visual task achieved by training. Attention is known to play an important role in perceptual learning, given that the observer's discriminative ...
Tommaso Mastropasqua, Massimo Turatto
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Impaired thalamic burst firing in fragile X syndrome

Cell Reports
Summary: The thalamus performs a critical role in sensory processing by gating the flow of sensory information to the neocortex and directing sensory-guided behaviors, functions that are disrupted in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Ronan T. O’Shea, Nicholas J. Priebe, Darrin H. Brager   +2 more
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A labeled Clinical-MRI dataset of Nigerian brains

Scientific Data
There is currently a paucity of neuroimaging data from the African continent, limiting the diversity of data from a significant proportion of the global population. This in turn diminishes global health research and innovation.
Eberechi Wogu, Patrick Filima, Bradley Caron, Daniel Deabler, Peer Herholz, Catherine Leal, Mohammed F. Mehboob, Sohmee Kim, Ananya Gosain, Alisha Flexwala, Soichi Hayashi, Simisola Akintoye, George Ogoh, Tawe Godwin, Damian Eke, Franco Pestilli   +15 more
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Efficacy of Perceptual Learning-Based Vision Training as an Adjuvant to Occlusion Therapy in the Management of Amblyopia: A Pilot Study

Vision, 2021
A retrospective study was conducted to evaluate preliminarily the efficacy of perceptual learning (PL) visual training in medium-term follow-up with a specific software (Amblyopia iNET, Home Therapy Systems Inc., Gold Canyon, AZ, USA) for visual acuity ...
Carlos Javier Hernández-Rodríguez, Hideki Fukumitsu, Pedro Ruiz-Fortes, Roberto Soto-Negro, María Merino-Suárez, David P. Piñero   +5 more
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The skills required for transition to university and study in biological sciences: A student perspective

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Bioscience students were asked for their opinions on the value and teaching of skills. 204 responded that teamwork, time management and study skills are necessary to reach University, that scientific writing, research, laboratory and presentation skills are taught effectively during their studies, while other skills are gained inherently through study ...
Janella Borrell, Susan Crennell
wiley   +1 more source

ezBIDS: Guided standardization of neuroimaging data interoperable with major data archives and platforms

Scientific Data
Data standardization promotes a common framework through which researchers can utilize others’ data and is one of the leading methods neuroimaging researchers use to share and replicate findings.
Daniel Levitas, Soichi Hayashi, Sophia Vinci-Booher, Anibal Heinsfeld, Dheeraj Bhatia, Nicholas Lee, Anthony Galassi, Guiomar Niso, Franco Pestilli   +8 more
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Why human connection is the true metric of research success

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Human‐centred mentorship can be shaped by mentor attributes, actions, intrinsic drive and career ambition. Drawing on reflections across Singapore and France, as well as workshop insights from FEBS‐IUBMB ENABLE 2024, this article shows that human‐centred mentorship creates the conditions for sustainable growth, well‐being and retention in research ...
Timothy Lin Yun Tan, Mattias Wei Ren Kon, Xavier Coumoul, Fun Man Fung   +3 more
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Functionally-Specific Changes in Sensorimotor Networks following Motor Learning

i-Perception, 2011
The perceptual changes induced by motor learning are important in understanding the adaptive mechanisms and global functions of the human brain. In the present study, we document the neural substrates of this sensory plasticity by combining work on motor
David J Ostry
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Advancing Age Modulates Associations Between Cognitive Impairment and Brain Volumes in Early MS

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Cognitive impairment is common in multiple sclerosis (MS), but manifestations following the first demyelinating event are relatively unexplored. We investigated cross‐sectional associations between magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)–derived brain volumes and the presence of cognitive impairment outcomes five years after the first ...
Piriyankan Ananthavarathan, Marco Pitteri, Michael Foster, Sara Collorone, Sara Salama, Elisa Colato, Ferran Prados, Baris Kanber, Marios Yiannakas, Claudia A. M. Gandini Wheeler‐Kingshott, Indran Davagnanam, Frederik Barkhof, Declan Chard, Olga Ciccarelli, Ahmed Toosy   +14 more
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Measuring Risk Literacy: The Berlin Numeracy Test

Judgment and Decision Making, 2012
We introduce the Berlin Numeracy Test, a new psychometrically sound instrument that quickly assesses statistical numeracy and risk literacy. We present 21 studies (n=5336) showing robust psychometric discriminability across 15 countries (e.g., Germany ...
Edward T. Cokely, Mirta Galesic, Eric Schulz, Saima Ghazal, Rocio Garcia-Retamero   +4 more
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