Visual Experience without Lines: Effect on Developing Cortical Neurons
- 9 November 1973
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 182 (4112) , 599-601
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.182.4112.599
Abstract
Kittens were reared in a planetarium-like visual environment that lacked straight line contours. Cortical neurons were subsequently highly sensitive to spots of light but not to straight lines, in marked contrast to those from a normal cat. If linear contour processing is an innate function it appears to be subject to substantial modification by early visual experience.Keywords
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