DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x25102872 ISSN: 0140-525X
Linking past and present worlds in the visual control of behavior
Melvyn A. Goodale, Brian D. CorneilAbstract
We argue that evolutionarily conserved processing of visual information via subcortical routes persists in humans despite the emergence of cortical networks for conscious visual perception and the rapid visual control of planned actions. These cortical circuits did not replace subcortical circuits but instead evolved the capacity to preset the nested subcortical circuits to enable (or suppress) fast-as-possible actions, when required.