Evolution of Complex Behavior, Perception, Cognition, Consciousness & the Brain | Paul Cisek | 107
Mind & Matter
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Primates, I Think, Are You Going to Eat It or Not?
The brain can only do a couple things at once. So in the end, it has to kind of prioritize. And so this ventral stream processing helps you do that and then select out which of the things is more appetizing. It's extremely elaborate in primates, in part, I think, because primates, sort of, at least along our lineage, became very visually driven animals.
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