Optic flow illusion and single neuron behaviour reconciled by a population model

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2323-2331

  Lappe, M ^a   Duffy, C J ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; ILLUSION; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION;

EID: 0033012395     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00649.x     Document Type: Article

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