The Brain Has a 'Low-Power Mode' That Blunts Our Senses - Quanta Magazine

Neuroscientists uncovered an energy-saving mode in vision-system neurons that works at the cost of being able to see fine-grained details.

When our phones and computers run out of power, their glowing screens go dark and they die a sort of digital death. But switch them to low-power mode to conserve energy, and they cut expendable opera… [+13551 chars]

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