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Frog retinas don't process representations

Instead of sending a detailed representation of the environment to its brain, the frog retina only sends that information that is most relevant to the frog's needs.

J.Y. Lettvin, Humberto Maturana, Warren McCulloch & Walter Pitts (1959)



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