The neurogeometry of pinwheels as a sub-Riemannian contact structure

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 97, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 265-309

  Petitot, Jean ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche en Epistemologie Appliquee Ecole Polytechnique   (France)

Author keywords

Association field; Blowing up; Connection; Contact structure; Fibration; Functional architecture; Horizontal connections; Illusory contour; Jet space; Lie group; Pinwheels; Sub Riemannian geometry; Variational model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 0842303250     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2003.10.010     Document Type: Review

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