Tiny high-tech probes reveal how information flows across the brain – Science Daily

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…

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