#parietal cortex

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How the Brain Constructs the World

How are raw sensory signals transformed into a brain representation of the world that surrounds us? The question was first posed over 100 years ago, but new experimental strategies make the challenge more exciting than ever. SISSA investigators have now uncovered the contributions to perception of a brain region called posterior parietal cortex.

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“What you see is an animation of a kinesin protein dragging an endorphin along a filament to the inner part of the brain’s parietal cortex which creates happiness. Happiness. You’re looking at happiness.”

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FUCKING LOOK HOW HARD THIS LITTLE GUY IS WORKING!!

That little guy's work makes me so happy 😄

Look at him go, carrying happiness to our brains!!