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Underlying principles of visual shape selectivity in posterior inferotemporal cortex.

Scott L Brincat1, Charles E Connor

  • 1Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute and Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.

Nature Neuroscience
|July 6, 2004
PubMed
Summary

Neurons in the inferotemporal cortex (IT) process complex shapes by integrating contour elements using linear and nonlinear mechanisms. This reveals quantitative principles for neural selectivity in shape perception.

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