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After a delay, the target reappeared at one of four locations. NHPs saccaded to the sampled stimulus while ignoring the distractors. From Bastos et al. (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6102a9d1efaecb3196f77c6f/ec098fa8-661b-4fca-a2bd-93869f244246/iStock-1053434168.jpg Research Areas - Computation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6102a9d1efaecb3196f77c6f/55fff6ee-6297-40f2-b408-ef622ccafae1/Miller+Figure+3+-+Computational+1.jpg Research Areas - Make it stand out When inhibitory and excitatory neurons wire together, they can generate different brain waves in different layers of cortex. Superficial layers are rich in fast gamma waves (depicted in blue) and deep layers are rich in slow alpha/beta waves (depicted in red). Alpha/beta in deep layers inhibits gamma in superficial layers. 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