URMC / Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience / NeURoscience Blog / April 2018 April 2018 Professor Studies Complex Brain Networks Involved in Vision Farran Briggs studies neuronal circuits in the brain’s vision system and how attention affects the brain’s ability to process visual information. Training Brains—Young and Old, Sick and Healthy—with Virtual Reality Rochester researchers are poised to bring therapeutic interventions harnessing VR technology to their patients. Brain Signal Indicates When You Understand What You’ve Been Told Researchers have identified a brain signal that indicates whether a person is comprehending what others are saying. Mobile Apps Could Hold Key to Parkinson’s Research, Care Study shows that smartphone technology can accurately track the severity of the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.