Selectivity and Symmetry in the Function of the Cerebral Cortex

Horace Barlow

Date:	May 15, 2009
Run Time:	1 hours 11 minutes
Speakers:	Horace Barlow
Topics:	DNA, Darwin, Francis Crick, cerebral cortex, consciousness, genetics, neuroscience, selectivity, symmetry, vision

DOWNLOAD Audio:	412.mp3

Horace Barlow is a British visual neuroscientist who has done much work towards understanding human vision and consciousness, beginning with his discovery in 1953 that the frog brain includes neurons which fire only in response to specific visual stimuli. He is currently working on research involving the role of motion blur in helping humans to determine the direction of motion of moving images. This year he has also participated in many functions related to the Darwin Bicentennial, as he is one of Charles Darwin’s great-grandsons. He is a fellow of Trinity College at the University of Cambridge and received the 1993 Australia Prize for his research into the mechanisms of visual perception.