Responses of complex cells in area 17 of the cat to bi-vectorial transparent motion

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2805-2813

  Van Wezel, Richard J A ^a,b   Lankheet, Martin J M ^c   Verstraten, Frans A J ^a   MaréE, Athanasius F M ^a   Van De Grind, Wim A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Area 17; Cat; Complex cell; Transparent motion; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; FEMALE; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030249834     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00324-X     Document Type: Article

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