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Visual perception: monkeys see things our way
1Johns Hopkins University, 338 Krieger Hall, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA. connor@jhu.edu
Current Biology : CB
|December 5, 2000
Abstract:
Neural mechanisms of visual perception can be studied in detail only in non-human animals. But recent work in humans has revealed a striking functional homology between the human and monkey visual systems, confirming the relevance of animal data and establishing a paradigm for cross-species studies of brain function.