Brain Cells Have 'Memory', Researcher Discovers
Friday, April 3, 2009 - 09:07
in Psychology & Sociology
As we look at the world around us, images flicker into our brains like disparate pixels on a computer screen that change several times a second. Yet we don't perceive the world as a constantly flashing computer display. Why not? Neuroscientists think that part of the answer lies in a special region of the brain's visual cortex which is in charge of distinguishing between background and foreground images.