title: Visual thinking and neuroscience.
abstract: After a consideration of visual thinking in science the role of such thinking in neuroscience is discussed. Three instances are examined - cortical column, retina, impulse - and it is argued that visual thinking is employed, though in different ways, in each. It lies at the core of neurobiological thought.
authors.affiliation: Vision Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK. c.u.m.smith@aston.ac.uk
authors.forename: C U M
authors.initials: CU
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009445:Neuroanatomy / Q000266:history*; D009482:Neurophysiology / Q000266:history*; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology; D013850:Thinking / Q000502:physiology; D014785:Vision, Ocular; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology