Once we learn the circuitry for attention, we plan to use that to drive learning in an efficient way.
Eric Knudsen
I see this as a fascinating experiment that reveals the tremendous capacity for plasticity in the developing brain.
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So, when the sound moved, the pattern of firing shifted across the map of cells.
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What our experiment demonstrates is a fundamental principle of how the brain pays attention. The promise here is that because we are doing this in owls, we can get at the mechanisms of how this works.
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This paper opens the floodgates for studying a wide range of species. The fundamental mechanisms are probably going to be the same in all vertebrates, as even frogs and fish have gaze control.
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The fundamental mechanisms are probably going to be the same in all vertebrates, as even frogs and fish have gaze control. The promise here is that because we are doing this in owls, we can get at the mechanisms of how this works.
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If you understand mechanistically how something works, then you will know how best to fix it. It's like with a car; if you know in detail how it is built, then you can fix anything that goes wrong with it.
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