The representation of Kanizsa illusory contours in the monkey inferior temporal cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2137-2146

  Sary Gy ^a   Koteles K ^a   Kaposvari P ^a   Lenti, L ^a   Csifcsak G ^a   Franko E ^a   Benedek, G ^a   Tompa, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Illusory contour; Inferior temporal cortex; Kanizsa figures; Rhesus monkey; Shape selectivity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE DISPLAY; KANIZSA FIGURE; LATENT PERIOD; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUAL SYSTEM; WAKEFULNESS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ILLUSIONS; MACACA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 55949137927     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06499.x     Document Type: Article

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