Visual Attention: How the Brain Makes the Most of the Visible World (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

Salk Institute

Visual Attention: How the Brain Makes the Most of the Visible World (2 of 2)

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When we instead direct our attention to a stimulus in the surround -- the violinist let's say -- the neuron's response to the now irrelevant bassist is suppressed.

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Image: Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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