Human primary visual cortex (V1) is selective for second-order spatial frequency

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2121-2131

  Hallum, Luke E ^a   Landy, Michael S ^a   Heeger, David J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Second order vision; Surround suppression

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPATIAL FREQUENCY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADULT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956267496     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01007.2010     Document Type: Article

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