Sensory detection and discrimination: Study reveals neural basis of rapid brain adaptation
Monday, November 22, 2010 - 11:04
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- You detect an object flying at your head. What do you do? You probably first move out of the way and then you try to determine what the object is. Your brain is able to quickly switch from detecting an object moving in your direction to determining what the object is through a phenomenon called adaptation.