Neural computations underlying depth perception

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 367-375

  Anzai, Akiyuki ^a   DeAngelis, Gregory C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPTH PERCEPTION; DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 77954761785     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2010.04.006     Document Type: Review

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