Cortical magnification, scale invariance and visual ecology

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2971-2977

  Virsu, Veijo ^a   Hari, Riitta ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acuity; Cortical magnification; Ecology; Primates; Scale invariance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

EID: 0030249211     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00344-4     Document Type: Article

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