TWiN 64: How the brain decides what we see
From This Week in Neuroscience by Vincent Racaniello
October 8, 2025 · 1h 14m · Episode 64
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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
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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Vivianne Morrison, Tim Cheung
Topics covered
- visual neurons
- functional flexibility
- attended objects
- irrelevant objects
- neuroscience
Keywords
- visual neurons
- functional flexibility
- neuroscience
- attended objects
- irrelevant objects
- gamma-band synchronization
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Organizations: MicrobeTV, Nat Comm
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