Figure-ground segregation at contours: A neural mechanism in the visual cortex of the alert monkey

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1290-1303

  Baumann, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alert monkey; Figure ground segregation; Neurophysiology; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; GRATING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MOTION PERCEPTION; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0030996455     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01484.x     Document Type: Article

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