Low-level properties of natural images predict topographic patterns of neural response in the ventral visual pathway

Journal of Vision

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1-12

  Andrews, Timothy J ^a   Watson, David M ^a   Rice, Grace E ^a   Hartley, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Category; Face; MVPA; Object; Topography; Ventral visual pathway

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA NERVE CELL; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RETINAL NEURONS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84930652359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/15.7.3     Document Type: Article

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