Grouping of image fragments in primary visual cortex

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6750, 1999, Pages 269-272

  Sugita, Yoichi ^a  

^a NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; NEURONS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033575947     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/45785     Document Type: Article

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