Orientation-selective adaptation to illusory contours in human visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2186-2195

  Montaser Kouhsari, Leila ^a   Landy, Michael S ^a   Heeger, David J ^a   Larsson, Jonas ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; fMRI; Illusory contours; Orientation selectivity; Spatial vision; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTENTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 33847410550     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4173-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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