Local disparity not perceived depth is signaled by binocular neurons in cortical area V1 of the macaque

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 4758-4767

  Cumming, Bruce G ^a   Parker, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaving monkey; Binocular disparity; Correspondence problem; Depth perception; Primary visual cortex; Stereopsis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0034660390     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-12-04758.2000     Document Type: Article

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