Neuroscience: what you see and hear is what you get.
The brain receives signals from a variety of sources; for example, visual and auditory signals can both indicate the direction of a stimulus, but with differing precision. A recent study has shed light on the way that the brain combines these signals to achieve the best estimate possible.
Banks
Martin S
MS
Vision Science Program, School of Optometry, Department of Psychology, and Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. marty@john.berkeley.edu
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