Experience-expectant development of contour integration mechanisms in human visual cortex

Journal of Vision

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 116-130

  Norcia, Anthony M ^a   Sampath, Vanitha ^a   Hou, Chuan ^a   Pettet, Mark W ^a  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Configuration; Contour integration; Cortex; Eye dominance; Long range interaction; Orientation; Strabismus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REFRACTION ERROR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AMBLYOPIA; DOMINANCE, OCULAR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; STRABISMUS; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 27344443715     PISSN: 15347362     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/5.2.3     Document Type: Article

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