Contribution of area MT to perception of three-dimensional shape: A computational study

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 869-887

  Buračas, Giedrius T ^a   Albright, Thomas D ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Area MT; Differential motion filters; Neural computing; Receptive field surrounds; Shape from motion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0343396768     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00192-1     Document Type: Letter

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