TWiN 64: How the brain decides what we see
About this episode
The episode discusses how visual neurons exhibit functional flexibility by responding to attended objects while ignoring irrelevant information.
TWiN explains how visual neurons show functional flexibility by selectively responding to subsets of inputs representing attended objects while ignoring those conveying information about irrelevant objects. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Vivianne Morrison, and Tim Cheung Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Gamma-band synchronization in visual cortex (Nat Comm) Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey . Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv
People in this episode
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Vivianne Morrison, Tim Cheung
Topics covered
- visual neurons
- functional flexibility
- attended objects
- irrelevant objects
- neuroscience
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: MicrobeTV, Nat Comm
More episodes of This Week in Neuroscience
- TWiN 71: Psychedelics rewire the brain from within
- TWiN 70: Unraveling the axon wrap
- TWiN 69: Fibromyalgia and the microbiome
- TWiN 68: Firewall for the brain
- TWiN 67: Interpreting situation-specific facial signals
- TWiN 66: Neuroscience of overeating
Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the This Week in Neuroscience podcast page.