Effect of image orientation and size on object recognition: Responses of single units in the macaque monkey temporal cortex

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 13-34

  Ashbridge, E ^a   Perrett, D I ^b   Oram, M W ^b   Jellema, T ^b  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LATENT PERIOD; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

EID: 0034050716     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026432900380463     Document Type: Article

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