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Intrinsic Reference Frames of Superior colliculus Visuomotor Receptive Fields during Head-Unrestrained Gaze Shifts

Brain to blame for wandering eyes

Why is it so hard to suppress a glance at an attractive person? Why do we find ourselves rubbernecking at traffic accidents? According to a York University study, the brain’s primitive “inner eye” is to blame. The study, published yesterday in the Journal of Neuroscience, focuses on the superior colliculus, a structure buried deep within […]