A new study suggests that the brain makes decisions about the direction of movement of a stimulus by a subtraction operation between neurons tuned to opposite directions. The winner of this computational battle determines the final perceived direction.
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de Lafuente, V., Romo, R. Decisions arising from opposing views. Nat Neurosci 6, 792–793 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0803-792
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