The Brain Works in Mysterious Ways

Duke University researchers managed to take a giant step forward when their experiment, focused on observing exactly how vision develops in simple brains, succeeded. The team observed the changes a ferret's brain underwent after it first opened its eyes, 30 days from its birth. The way i... [ read more >> ]

Ferrets were chosen for this experiment because other portions of their brains are already formed before the visual cortex starts developing

Image comment: Ferrets were chosen for this experiment because other portions of their brains are already formed before the visual cortex starts developing
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Ferrets were chosen for this experiment because other portions of their brains are already formed before the visual cortex starts developing