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#Ultrasound gives the brain a nudge in the right direction www.ru.nl/en/research/research-new... by @DondersInst; can ultrasound nudge the brain of blind users of visual-to-auditory sensory substitution into "truly seeing" (with […]

Ultrasound gives the brain a nudge in the right direction | Radboud University Neuroscientist Soha Farboud of the Donders Institute at Radboud University has succeeded in adjusting activity in specific brain areas using a new technique.

#Ultrasound gives the brain a nudge in the right direction www.ru.nl/en/research/... by @dondersinst.bsky.social with @sohafarboud.bsky.social; can ultrasound nudge the brain of blind users of visual-to-auditory sensory substitution into "truly seeing" with light percepts, #phosphenes? #neuroscience

Phosphenes: Seeing Light That Is Not There Learn what phosphenes are, how they differ from eye floaters and migraine auras, and why they matter for seniors, people with disabilities, and vision science.

Phosphenes: Seeing Light That Is Not There - #Phosphenes, are far more than a visual oddity; they sit at the crossroads of #neuroscience, #aging, #disability research, and some of the most promising technologies for restoring sight to people who have lost it - www.disabled-world.com/disability/p...

Screenshot using "python blindsight.py --grid_size 48 --patient_profile early_cortical_orion_like"

Blindsight Simulator https://github.com/Satoshi88818/BlindsightSim Stand-alone python script by James Squire to simulate visual experience through cortical and retinal visual prostheses a la Cortigent Orion or Neuralink Blindsight; #phosphenes

Screenshot using "python blindsight.py --grid_size 48 --patient_profile early_cortical_orion_like"

Blindsight Simulator github.com/Satoshi88818... Stand-alone python script by James Squire to simulate visual experience through cortical and retinal visual prostheses a la Cortigent Orion or Neuralink Blindsight; #phosphenes

"For Participant 2, repeating stimulation trains three times, with corresponding AUDIO CUES, permitted identifying #phosphenes as electrically elicited."

"Participants needed to learn how to differentiate electrically elicited #phosphenes from their visual noise." [...] "repeated correlation with the CLICK SOUNDS helped Participant 1 recognize that the phosphenes were not random flashes."

OC Jackson with dark, shorter hair and beard fucking into OC Madu, with long and tightly curled hair. They are laying on their sides on the bed, facing each other and kissing passionately.

My webcomic bestie gave the go ahead to share some scene sketches with y'all. Featuring Jackson and bestie's character, Madu ;)

#oc #webcomic #phosphenes

Percepts evoked by multi-electrode stimulation of human visual cortex Direct electrical stimulation of early visual cortex evokes the perception of small spots of light known as phosphenes. Previous studies have examined the location, size, and brightness of phosphenes ...

(2022) Percepts evoked by multi-electrode stimulation of human visual cortex www.brainstimjrnl.com/article/S193... "multi-electrode stimulation did not produce perception of recognizable forms"; #BCI #NeuroTech #phosphenes

Human-in-the-loop optimisation for efficient intracortical microstimulation temporal patterns in visual cortex www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/ visual prosthesis, #blind #phosphenes #Utah #array #BCI #NeuroTech #neuroscience #SfN2025

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Human-in-the-loop optimisation for efficient intracortical microstimulation temporal patterns in visual cortex www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171... poster by @lozaneuro.bsky.social et al.; visual prosthesis, #blind #phosphenes #Utah #array #BCI #NeuroTech #neuroscience #SfN2025

Nice end-of-academic-year presentations of the minor ArtScience at KASK: ten very different projects inspired by objects from the collection of the Ghent University Museum. One example is this 'phosphenes diary' by Febe de Kegel.

#schoolofartsgent #artscienceminor #phosphenes

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Brain connectivity changes in response to cortical electrical stimulation in #blind neuroprosthesis users academic.oup.com/cercor/article-abstract/... "study highlights the brain's adaptive capacity in response to sensory restoration"; Utah array in visual cortex; #BCI […]

Brain connectivity changes in response to cortical electrical stimulation in blind neuroprosthesis users Abstract. The success of visual neuroprostheses in long-term blind individuals depends not only on the prosthetic technology but also on the brain’s abilit

Brain connectivity changes in response to cortical electrical stimulation in #blind neuroprosthesis users academic.oup.com/cercor/artic... "study highlights the brain's adaptive capacity in response to sensory restoration"; Utah array in visual cortex; #BCI #NeuroTech #phosphenes #neuroscience

Neural Dance Party: Grooving Through Neurophysiology!

#Neurophysiology #BrainDance #NeuralOscillations #ParietalLobe #Phosphenes #NeuralResonance #AuditoryCortex #TemporalCoding #BrainRhythms #Neuroscience #MindGroove #DanceOfNeurons #CognitiveScience #BrainParty

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Source: Physics & Astronomy Page.
Cognition is more than thinking – it’s the brain making sense of everything around us. 3/3

#BrainScience #Cognition #Neuroscience #VisualPerception #Phosphenes #HumanMind #ScienceWonder

Trust me, you gotta try this it’s wild! 👀
Stare at the 3 dots on the nose in this pic for 30 secs (no blinking!), then look up at the ceiling and blink a few times… BAM, you’ll see the pic in color! 1/3
#BrainTricks #MindBlown #FunScience #OpticalIllusion #Phosphenes

Visual prosthesis simulator offers a glimpse into the future - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind

Visual prosthesis simulator offers a glimpse into the future nin.nl/news/visual-... #phosphenes #BCI #NeuroTech

really hate the blue sky intro screen. #Phosphenes are visual sensations produced by the nervous system rather than by light entering the eye. They can be caused by various factors such as mechanical pressure on the eye (like rubbing), electrical stimulation like cell phones

Simulated prosthetic vision (SPV) representations. From left to right, the columns indicate: the input images; the SPV representations in the unconstrained optimization condition; the SPV representations in the constrained optimization condition; the SPV representations in the supervised boundary reconstruction condition.

Towards biologically plausible phosphene simulation for the differentiable optimization of visual cortical prostheses elifesciences.org/articles/85812 Brain implant for the #blind, #BCI #NeuroTech #phosphenes

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Utilization of brain scans to create realistic phosphene maps for cortical visual prosthesis simulation studies ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/103... "results indicate that presenting information on #phosphenes maps may be more challenging than previously estimated"; #BCI #NeuroTech #neuroscience

(YouTube) The journey towards artificial vision for the blind www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIjx... by Daniel Yoshor; it's like playing the piano with your elbows; visual prosthesis, #BCI #NeuroTech #phosphenes #neuroscience

The simulation paradigm

A novel simulation paradigm utilising MRI-derived phosphene maps for cortical prosthetic vision iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #phosphenes #BCI #neuroscience

A better ‘map’ of the lights you see when you close your eyes can impr Researchers finds a new way to improve the outcome of surgery for patients receiving a ‘bionic eye’.

A better 'map' of the lights you see when you close your eyes can improve 'bionic eye' outcomes www.monash.edu/news/article... #phosphenes #BCI #NeuroTech #neuroscience

Percepts evoked by multi-electrode stimulation of human visual cortex www.brainstimjrnl.com/article/S1935-861X(22)00... by @DanielYoshor et al.; #phosphenes, surface electrodes; "electrodes separated by distances of less than 4 mm tended to produce perception of a...

(2015) Transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation of human primary visual cortex https://www.nature.com/articles/srep34026 "#FUS can stimulate the human #V1, resulting in the perception of #phosphene and associated evoked potentials"; #tFUS #V1 #sonication, #phosphenes

Vision Quest A HALF CENTURY OF ARTIFICIAL-SIGHT RESEARCH HAS SUCCEEDED...

(Wired, 2002) Patient Alpha, recipient of a visual cortical prosthesis: Dobelle brain implant for the blind https://www.wired.com/2002/09/vision/ Vision Quest; #phosphenes, #artificialvision, #visualprosthesis, #bioniceye, #blindness

ScienceDirect

Temporal dynamics of corticocortical inhibition in human visual cortex: a #TMS study www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/... #phosphenes

Probing short-latency cortical inhibition in the visual cortex with transcranial magnetic stimulation: A reliability study www.brainstimjrnl.com/article/S1935-861X(19)30... "#TMS-induced #phosphenes are a valid and reliable tool for measuring cortical excitability...