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IMAGE: A new study from researchers at the Allen Institute collected and analyzed the largest single dataset of neurons electrical activity to glean principles of how we perceive the visual world. view more
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A new study from researchers at the Allen Institute collected and analyzed the largest single dataset of neurons electrical activity to glean principles of how we perceive the visual world around us. The study, published Wednesday in the journal
Nature, captures the hundreds of split-second electrical signals that fire when an animal is interpreting what it sees.
Your brain processes the world around you nearly instantaneously, but there are numerous lightning-fast steps between light hitting your retinas and the point at which you become aware of what s in front of you. Humans have three dozen different brain areas responsible for understanding the visual world, and scientists still don t know many of the details of how that pro
as we ve been reporting, president trump s nominee for the department of agriculture top scientist post, sam clovis, has now withdrawn his name today for consideration, following reports that clovis was questioned last week by special counsel robert mueller s team and also testified before the grand jury. clovis was the supervisor of george papadopoulos, raising questions about just how much clovis may know about early contacts with the russians. this also as president trump called the new york times last night to deny reports of white house turmoil over the mueller indictments. he s also insisting he is not under investigation. joining me now, nick ackerman, assistant investigator, and former foreign policy adviser to vice president joe biden. welcome both. nick, first to you, there is a status hearing for both manafort and gates. presumably they want permission