Bas Rokers, Larry Cormack and Alex Huk have a forthcoming article in the prestigious journal Nature
Neuroscience.
In the article, the authors (who are all affiliated with both the Department of Psychology and the Center for
Perceptual Systems)
show that a specific brain area is responsible for computing the three-dimensional trajectories of objects
(for example, whether an object is flying towards or away from your head). This brain area (known somewhat enigmatically as hMT+) had previously been linked to the computation of
two-dimensionalmotion (such as occurs on a TV screen or in the images on the retinas in the back of the eyes), but the computation of
three-dimensional motion had been thought to occur elsewhere. The results will force other scientists to rethink the way in which motion and
depth are computed and integrated in the human brain. The advanced online version of article can be seen at: http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nn.2343.html
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