Researchers in the Mattingley lab are studying how the brain combines different types of predictions about what we see and where we see it to understand how these expectations affect brain activity.
University of Queensland researchers have received two $3 million grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to accelerate knowledge and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, and to improve gynaecological cancer treatment.
Professor Jason Mattingley and Dr Will Harrison set out to understand how our brains are able to keep track of visual information across the thousands of eye movements we make every day.
Researchers at UQ's Queensland Brain Institute have confirmed that brainwaves can affect visual perception, particularly when it comes to distinguishing between objects.
How the human brain adapts to external stimulation – an important mechanism for species survival – has been made clearer at the Queensland Brain Institute.
If you’ve ever wondered whether changing your mind is the best decision, then you should be reassured that your chances of success are better if you do.
Neuroscience has taken a big step forward after a brain-monitoring device was implanted in a pig. But what does that actually mean and how could it help humanity?
University of Queensland students have swapped a summer holiday at the beach for time in the lab as the annual UQ SEC Summer Research Program began at the Queensland Brain Institute.
New research from The University of Queensland has shown for the first time that visual hallucinations in people with macular degeneration are associated with abnormally heightened activity in the visual cortex of the brain.
