Cortical hypercolumn size determines stereo fusion limits

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-129

  Yeshurun, Yehezkel ^a   Schwartz, Eric L ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MACACA; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MACACA MULATTA; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0033071866     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220050510     Document Type: Article

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