The Society for Neuroscience meeting is less than a week away! Have you been up all night to get data for your poster? We know the feeling… If you need a break from battling Illustrator, check out this promotional video for the UCSD Neurosciences Graduate Program SfN Social!! Special thanks to @123ComicBro for filming and […]
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May
12
Wiring Eyes
posted by UCSDNeuro
We can probably all agree that eyes would just be useless bags of vitreous humor if not for their wiring to the brain. It’s the highly precise connections between specialized cell types within the eye and their specific target cells within the brain that allow us to visually experience our world. But how do these […]
April
29
Functional Compartmentalization and Viewpoint Generalization Within the Macaque Face-Processing System
posted by UCSDNeuro
One thing humans, and in fact all primates can do with remarkable ease compared to computers is face recognition, especially across a range of viewing conditions. At her lab at Caltech, Doris Tsao tries to explore the way the brain does this. In her recent Science paper, she explored view invariance in the recently discovered […]
June
02
When Marmosets Call
posted by Ashley Juavinett
Inhabiting a complex and noisy environment in the Brazilian forest, the common marmoset faces a continuous challenge to successful vocal communication. Much like having a conversation in Grand Central Station at rush hour, the marmoset has to strategically monitor its acoustic context and structure its calls accordingly. Understanding how these animals use various cortical systems […]
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