To accurately perceive the direction of moving objects, rats can take advantage of a small but very useful cluster of visual neurons, which seem to work in the same way as "cell patterns" found in cerebral cortex of primates. Thanks to these neurons, rats can rely on a relatively advanced motion processing system, based on the extraction of high-level visual information from retinal images. These are the conclusions of a new SISSA study, published in the journal Science Advances.
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