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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