An illusion predicted by V1 population activity implicates cortical topography in shape perception

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1477-1483

  Michel, Melchi M ^a   Chen, Yuzhi ^b   Geisler, Wilson S ^b   Seidemann, Eyal ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RHESUS MONKEY; SHAPE; STRIATE CORTEX; TOPOGRAPHY; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOLTAGE SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84884904361     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3517     Document Type: Article

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