Brain's 'lowly' visual processor is more sophisticated than once thought
Monday, April 6, 2015 - 12:50
in Psychology & Sociology
When managing, assigning each task to a specialist is often the most efficient strategy. Most researchers regard the brain as working similarly, with each region specialized to a given task. But now neuroscientists have found, in rats, that the brain's primary visual cortex not only portrays the visual world but can also drive the timing of actions.