Category: visual cortex

19Jun 2022 by Post

Yes, Brains — Like Computers — Have a Low-Power Mode

Allison Whitten, brain, flies, food shortages, Life Sciences, mice, Nathalie Rochefort, Neuron (journal), neurons, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, neuroscientists, power conservation, researchers, visual cortex, visual resolution, Zahid Padamsey

Sure they do. It makes a lot of sense to conserve power when food supplies are low. Source

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08Apr 2022 by Post

Brain Neurons Are “Comparable to a Library”

axon, biology, brain, Brown University, Duke University, external world, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, library, Max Planck Institute, NELL2, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, pinwheels, proteins, purpose, retina, Robo3, Rockefeller University, visual cortex

It’s one of those occasions in biology (not rare) when the term “intelligent design,” despite other merits, falls flat as a description. Source

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