The visual cortex can essentially make decisions just like the brain’s traditional ‘higher level’ areas, finds a new study.
“As a field, we’re only at the beginning of trying to figure out how the brain works, and the visual system is a very good place to start,” said MSU Assistant Prof. Brascamp.
Study participants were placed in an MRI scanner and shown two adjacent patterns of dots on a projection screen while their brain activity was monitored. By using a set of prisms, the researchers made sure that, unlike in normal situations, the participant’s eyes were each looking at a different dot pattern, each presented on a different part of the screen.
The combination of differing patterns seen by the 2 eyes creates an optical illusion and perception switches between the two patterns as the...
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