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The Nature of Seeing: How the Brain Constructs the Visual World

Published12 Jul 2016
Reviewed12 Jul 2016
Source Allen Institute

Michael Buice from the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, explains how our brains construct the visual world that surrounds us.

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