Bistable Gestalts reduce activity in the whole of V1, not just the retinotopically predicted parts

Journal of Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  De Wit, Lee H ^a   Kubilius, Jonas ^a   Wagemans, Johan ^a   Op de Beeck, Hans P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

FMRI; Gestalts; Grouping; Perceptual organization; Predictive coding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870263970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/12.11.12     Document Type: Article

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