Researchers at the University of Southern California have made a significant breakthrough in understanding how the human brain forms, stores and recalls visual memories. A new study, published in ...

All participants did several tests of visual memory in which they saw sets of 10, 20, 40, or 80 pictures and then did a test in which they saw the pictures from the set along with distractor ...

More than meets the eye: New research shows how the visual system contributes to memory Study identifies neural dynamics that our visual system uses to transform what we see into what we do Date ...

In the 2005 study, the team recorded brain activity in younger and older adults given a visual memory test in which they were shown sequences of images (sets of two faces and two scenes), told to ...

Focusing on a specific set of neurons in the primary visual cortex, Aton and the study's lead author, graduate student Brittany Clawson, created a visual memory test.