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Isaacmao bookmarked on 2009-07-18 Brain

  • The change in what the volunteers saw was so fast, Dilks says, that it must be due to the brain redirecting signals through pre-existing circuits rather than forging new connections. The team concludes that the neurons which would normally fill the blind spot using data from the patched eye compensated by stealing data from neighbouring neurons that were "seeing" the square, making it appear like a rectangle.












  • Journal reference: Journal of Neuroscience, (DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1557-09.2009).

















































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  • 18 Jul 09
    isaacmao
    isaac Mao

    Brain

    • The change in what the volunteers saw was so fast, Dilks says, that it must be due to the brain redirecting signals through pre-existing circuits rather than forging new connections. The team concludes that the neurons which would normally fill the blind spot using data from the patched eye compensated by stealing data from neighbouring neurons that were "seeing" the square, making it appear like a rectangle.












    • Journal reference: Journal of Neuroscience, (DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1557-09.2009).

















































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