Research Progress and Insights into Brain Visual Mechanisms
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensory and Motor Neuroscience".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2026 | Viewed by 9
Special Issue Editors
Interests: neuroscience; psychophysiology; visual perception; visual neuroscience; electrophysiology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Research on visual processing has progressed from cellular-level investigations to computational modelling, providing both insights into and practical applications for understanding how the brain encodes visual information. This Special Issue highlights recent developments in the neural mechanisms of vision, from retinal encoding to cortical function, and their relationship to higher cognitive processes such as spatial cognition and decision making.
We invite submissions examining visual processing from neural, behavioural, and computational perspectives, particularly those focused on basic visual functions, perceptual learning, visuospatial processing, and sensory–cortical interactions. We especially encourage work that employs diverse methodological, computational, or theoretical approaches to investigate the neural basis of vision.
Dr. Thiago P. Fernandes
Dr. Guifen Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- visual perception
- sensory neuroscience
- visual neuroscience
- brain mechanisms
- neural basis of vision
- spatial cognition
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