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How does the brain see the "big picture"? A new study reveals that the primary visual cortex (V1) calculates statistical ...

Famous works of abstract art achieve popularity by using shapes that resonate with the neural mechanisms in the brain linked to visual information, a psychologist at the University of Liverpool has ...

When it comes to sharing new research findings with the world, Twitter has emerged as a key tool for scientists -- and for the journals where they publish their findings. But a new study shows a way ...

This example of a visual abstract summarizes the findings of the study of how visual abstracts affect the Twitter traffic surrounding a piece of research. The visual abstract summarizes a study's key ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - When it comes to sharing new research findings with the world, Twitter has emerged as a key tool for scientists - and for the journals where they publish their findings. But a new ...