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This image shows the brain of a fruit fly.

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·June 25, 2015·8 min read

Three Rules Could Explain How the Visual System of the Fruit Fly Self Organizes as it Grows

Three simple, pre-programmed rules appear to help create the neural circuit connecting the fly's eye to its brain.

This image shows Santiago Ramon y Cajal's "Structure of the Mammalian Retina" (circa 1900).

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·November 13, 2014·4 min read

Study Shows How Brain Maps Develop to Help Us Perceive the World

Moving forward helps train the brain to perceive the world 'normally', a new study reports.