Brain Has Special Neural Circuits to Detect Snakes

Neuroscientists in Japan and Brazil have revealed that the brain has special neural circuits to detect snakes, suggesting that the evolution of high-quality vision in our ancestors was driven by the threat of snakes. Hisao Nishijo and Quan Van Le at Toyama University, Japan; and Rafael Maior and Carlos Tomaz at the University of Brasilia, Brazil; and colleagues show that there are specific nerve cells in the brains of rhesus macaque monkeys that respond to images ...

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