Partial occlusion modulates contour-based shape encoding in primate area V4

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4012-4024

  Bushnell, Brittany N ^a   Harding, Philip J ^a   Kosai, Yoshito ^a   Pasupathy, Anitha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMINANCE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 79952769308     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4766-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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