Matter: Afraid of Snakes? Your Pulvinar May Be to Blame

Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 10:40 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have discovered that certain neurons in the brain, in a region known as the pulvinar, only respond to snakes.

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