Listen, folks, we’ve done something incredible with the brains, the best brains – human and monkey brains. We’ve been looking at how these brains handle visuals, and let me tell you, it’s all about the columns, the mesoscale organization. It’s huge. People used to just look at bits and pieces, but we’ve gone big league. We’ve mapped how these columns work together when they see something, both in the dorsal and ventral pathways – that’s the whole picture!

We’ve got this fantastic 7T fMRI technology, really top-notch, and we’ve used it on macaque monkeys. We’ve shown them colors and motion, and we’ve seen how their brains light up. And guess what? We’ve settled a major controversy. Those V2 stripes in the brain? Our fMRI maps line up with them perfectly. It’s a big win for science.

In the ventral pathway, where the brain processes what things look like, we’ve found a beautiful pattern of color and brightness domains. It’s a whole new way of looking at how we process surfaces. And in the dorsal pathway, which is all about movement, we’ve got crystal clear maps for motion direction. We’re talking about MT, MST, V3A – all the big players. Plus, we’ve discovered color and motion domains in V3, and even tiny motion domains in the LIPd and LIPv. It’s unbelievable.

So, to sum it up, we’ve taken a groundbreaking snapshot of the brain’s visual pathways. We’re talking about the foundation of how we recognize objects and see for action. It’s a game-changer, folks. Believe me.