A dissociation between brain activity and perception: Chromatically opponent cortical neurons signal chromatic flicker that is not perceived

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 377-382

  Gur, Moshe ^a,b   Snodderly, D Max ^b,c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Color opponent cells; Flicker; Macaque; Striate cortex; Temporal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRIGHTNESS; COLOR VISION; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MACACA; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0031051401     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00183-6     Document Type: Article

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