How Brains Perform Normalization by Precisely Balancing Two Equal and Opposite Forces (IMAGE)

National Centre for Biological Sciences

How Brains Perform Normalization by Precisely Balancing Two Equal and Opposite Forces

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Despite more than a million fold difference in the light intensity, our brains enable us to see the same scene in broad daylight and a dim night by the process of normalization. This article shows how brains perform normalization by precisely balancing two equal and opposite forces - excitation and inhibition.

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Hrishikesh Nambisan

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