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How Sensitivity to Two Features Lets Visual Brain Cells Encode Information in Both Directions
Karantzas N; Franke K; Willeke KF; Diamantaki M; Ramakrishnan K; Bedel HA; Elumalai P; Restivo K; Fahey P; Nealley C; Shinn T; Garcia G; Patel S; Ecker A; Walker E; Froudarakis E; Sanborn S; Sinz FH; Tolias AS
Scientists found that many brain cells in the visual cortex respond to two different picture features, not just one. One feature makes them more active, and the other makes them less active, and this pattern helps the brain understand images in a simple, shared way. This same way of coding vision was found in both monkeys and mice.
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