Modeling the functional organization of the visual cortex

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 96, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 355-366

  Sirovich, L ^a   Everson, R ^b   Kaplan, E ^b   Knight, B W ^b   O'Brien, E ^b   Orbach, D ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dynamics; Eigenfunctions; Ocularity; Orientation; Symmetry; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001069878     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-2789(96)00033-4     Document Type: Article

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