Pulvinar neurons reveal neurobiological evidence of past selection for rapid detection of snakes

Snakes and their relationships with humans and other primates have attracted broad attention from multiple fields of study, but not, surprisingly, from neuroscience, despite the involvement of the visual system and strong behavioral and physiological evidence that humans and other primates can detec...

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Published in:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 110; no. 47; p. 19000
Main Authors:	Van Le, Quan, Isbell, Lynne A, Matsumoto, Jumpei, Nguyen, Minh, Hori, Etsuro, Maior, Rafael S, Tomaz, Carlos, Tran, Anh Hai, Ono, Taketoshi, Nishijo, Hisao
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 19.11.2013
Subjects:	Adaptation, Biological - physiology Analysis of Variance Animals Biological Evolution Macaca - anatomy & histology Macaca - physiology Models, Biological Neurons - physiology Photic Stimulation Pulvinar - cytology Pulvinar - physiology Reaction Time Recognition, Psychology - physiology Snakes Visual Perception - physiology Snake Detection Theory visual responses evolution low-pass filtered images
ISSN:	1091-6490, 1091-6490
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