Feedforward, horizontal, and feedback processing in the visual cortex

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 529-535

  Lamme, Victor AF ^a   Supèr, Hans ^b   Spekreijse, Henk ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BRAIN NERVE CELL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REVIEW; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0032144155     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(98)80042-1     Document Type: Article

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