View from the top: Hierarchies and reverse hierarchies in the visual system

Neuron

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 791-804

  Hochstein, Shaul ^a   Ahissar, Merav ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BLINDNESS; HUMAN; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THEORY; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0037028040     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(02)01091-7     Document Type: Review

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