Lasers and Neurons Unveil How the Brain Creates Visual Illusions
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Scientists discovered specialized IC-encoder neurons in the brain that actively construct visual illusions by filling in missing contours, revealing that perception is an active, top-down process with implications for understanding perception disorders like schizophrenia.
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