Visual Cortical Neurons as Localized Spatial Frequency Filters

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn SMC-13, Issue 5, 1983, Pages 907-916

  Pollen, Daniel A ^a   Ronner, Steven F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

VISION;

EID: 0020970727     PISSN: 00189472     EISSN: 21682909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMC.1983.6313086     Document Type: Article

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