The neurophysiology of figure-ground segregation in primary visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 1605-1615

  Lamme, Victor A F ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

awake macaque monkey; context modulation; figure ground segregation; motion; primary visual cortex; single unit activity; texture; visual perception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MACACA; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0028950159     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.15-02-01605.1995     Document Type: Article

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