The direction-selective contrast response of area 18 neurons is different for first- and second-order motion

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-99

  Ledgeway, Timothy ^a,b   Zhan, Chang'An ^a   Johnson, Aaron P ^a   Song, Yuning ^a   Baker Jr , Curtis L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast response function; Direction selectivity; First order motion; Second order motion; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN REGION; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIRST ORDER MOTION; LUMINANCE; MEASUREMENT; MOTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND ORDER MOTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CATS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 18744365493     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523805221120     Document Type: Article

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