Sensory systems: fine-tuning the visual scene.
The visual system adjusts its properties for efficient representation of the objects present in the environment at the time. A new report suggests that complex processing of this sort can begin as early as the retina itself, but some important issues remain unresolved.
Masland
Richard H
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02114, USA. masland@helix.mgh.harvard.edu
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