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Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·March 25, 2026·9 min read

How the Primary Visual Cortex Computes the “Gist” of a Scene

Researchers have shown that the primary visual cortex (V1) computes statistical summaries of complex motion, such as mean and variance. This "ensemble perception" starts early in the visual hierarchy, allowing the brain to rapidly grasp the gist of a scene.

This shows musicians playing traditional japanese instruments

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·July 20, 2020·5 min read

Music on the Brain

Trained musicians exhibited an increased ability to predict rhythmic patterns over non-musicians, with more subtle differences between those trained in Japanese or Western classical music styles.