Segmentation by color influences responses of motion-sensitive neurons in the cortical middle temporal visual area

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3935-3951

  Croner, Lisa J ^a   Albright, Thomas D ^a,b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Color processing; Direction discrimination; Direction selectivity; Extrastriate; Image segmentation; Middle temporal; Monkey; Motion processing; Neurophysiology; Psychophysics; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; COLOR VISION; DIRECTIONAL VISION; FEMALE; MACACA; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0033562849     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-10-03935.1999     Document Type: Article

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