Understanding mid-level representations in visual processing

Journal of Vision

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Peirce, Jonathan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curvature; Hierarchy; Mid level vision; Plaids; V2; V3; V4

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

HUMANS; NEURONS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84930659665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/15.7.5     Document Type: Article

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