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Dragonfly Shows Human-Like Power of Concentration
Topic Started: Jan 20 2013, 08:59 PM (52 Views)
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Dragonfly Shows Human-Like Power of Concentration
By Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer | LiveScience.com via Yahoo
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Dragonflies lack humans' big brains, but they still get the job done, according to new research that suggests that these insects have brain cells capable of feats previously seen only in primates.

Specifically, the dragonflies can screen out useless visual information to focus on a target, a process called selective attention.

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