1 Region, 2 Functions: Multitasking Key to Overall Brain Function

Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - 12:31 in Biology & Nature

A region of the brain known to play a key role in visual and spatial processing has a parallel function: sorting visual information into categories. Different types of information can be simultaneously encoded within the posterior parietal cortex.

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