Binocular suppression in cortical neurons
- 1 August 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Experimental Brain Research
- Vol. 63 (3) , 581-584
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00237480
Abstract
Dichoptic presentation of patterns similar in shape but of very different contrast results in the perception of only the high contrast pattern (binocular suppression). When recording from binocular neurons of the cat visual cortex, we have found an effect which is strikingly similar to this perceptual phenomenon. If a high and a low contrast grating are presented simultaneously, one to each eye, the cell's response to the low contrast stimulus is suppressed.Keywords
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