fMRI orientation decoding in V1 does not require global maps or globally coherent orientation stimuli

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue AUG, 2013, Pages

  Alink, Arjen ^a   Krugliak, Alexandra ^a   Walther, Alexander ^a   Kriegeskorte, Nikolaus ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decoding; FMRI; Global form; Hyperacuity; Orientation selectivity; Pattern analysis; Radial bias; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885340160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00493     Document Type: Article

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