Parallel sensing

Mathew E. Diamond ()
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Mathew E. Diamond: Cognitive Neuroscience Sector, International School for Advanced Studies

Nature, 2000, vol. 406, issue 6793, 245-247

Abstract: Rats use their whiskers, which sweep back and forth, to detect objects. The resulting information is complicated: the brain needs to work out what was touched, and where and when it was touched. A study shows that these different types of information are segregated into two sensory channels.

Date: 2000
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