Discovery

Tests in fruit flies show that “informational structures” of the brain could be used to measure levels of consciousness.

An inattentional blindness task shows that brain waves known as alpha oscillations are directly linked to awareness.

Movies can be used as a structured simulation of the real world, giving researchers a reliable and reproducible way to study the brain’s responses.

An organic photodetector measures the activity of brain cells at high resolution, overcoming the limitations of existing techniques.

Attention and perception are separate brain processes. A tool commonly used to track one could actually be measuring the other.

A new map of cell density in the human retina will help researchers better understand visual perception.

A new carbon-based coating improves the performance of carbon-fibre microelectrodes, enabling two-way communication with single brain cells.

The publicly accessible Monash rsPET-MR dataset will help researchers to understand network dynamics in the brain.

Researchers have identified a new type of visual representation in the brain, using modelling and electrophysiological techniques.

New recommendations for reporting on EEG and MEG experiments aim to improve the reproducibility of neuroimaging research.