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In the first experiment, two objects always appeared in the same position relative to the room’s boundary; the other two always appeared in the same spot relative to another object acting as a landmark. This image shows the boundary wall and a landmark object. Credit: University of Pennsylvania

Imagine a room or a landscape or a city street. Part of what differentiates that scene from a face or an object is the fact that it has boundaries, and Uni of Pennsylvania researchers Joshua Julian et al aimed to parse out which part of the brain helps perceive those borders. What they learned, through 2 experiments involving transcranial magnetic stimulation, TMS, is that this function falls to the occipital place area, OPA.

The OPA, located near the top of the back of the head, is known for its st...

Dr. Folmer is a research investigator with the National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research at the VA Portland Health Care System and associate professor of Otolarynology/Head and Neck Surgery in the OHSU School of Medicine.
Credit: National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research at the VA Portland Health Care System/OHSU

This depression Rx tool holds tremendous promise for patients with debilitating condition. In the largest US clinical trial of its kind researchers found that transcranial magnetic stimulation significantly improved tinnitus symptoms for more than half of study participants.

“For some study participants, this was the first time in years that they experienced any relief in symptoms...