Visual Cortex

Neurons in the cerebral cortex are organized into anatomical columns, with ensembles of cells arranged from the surface to the… Expand

The first steps in the process of reading a printed word belong to the domain of visual object perception. They culminate in a… Expand

A method of using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure retinotopic organization within human cortex is… Expand

Simple cells in the primary visual cortex often appear to compute a weighted sum of the light intensity distribution of the… Expand

PRIMARY visual cortex receives visual input from the eyes through the lateral geniculate nuclei, but is not known to receive… Expand

We studied extra-receptive field contextual modulation in area V1 of awake, behaving macaque monkeys. Contextual modulation was… Expand

In terms of functional anatomy, where does learning occur when, for a basic visual discrimination task, performance improves with… Expand

Staining for the mitochondrial enzyme cytochrome oxidase reveals an array of dense regions (blobs) in the primate primary visual… Expand

Of the many possible functions of the macaque monkey primary visual cortex (striate cortex, area 17) two are now fairly well… Expand

What chiefly distinguishes cerebral cortex from other parts of the central nervous system is the great diversity of its cell… Expand