Contrast adaptation, generated by prolonged viewing of a high contrast spatial pattern, is known to reduce perceptual sensitivity to subsequently presented stimuli of similar spatial frequency (SF). Neural correlates of this pattern-specific contrast adaptation have been described in several classic studies in cat primary visual cortex (V1). These results have also recently been extended to mic...

This article draws on our experiences of carrying out PhD research migration during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are all involved with University College London Migration Research Unit (MRU), and explores lived migrants people affected by migration. is first two articles in this issue Society addressing implications from perspective postgraduate researchers. In article, we firstly reflect how “cri...