Functional specialisation in the visual cortex of the rhesus monkey
- 1 August 1978
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 274 (5670) , 423-428
- https://doi.org/10.1038/274423a0
Abstract
Anatomical and functional studies of the visual cortex of the rhesus monkey have shown that it is made up of a multiplicity of distinct areas. These seem to be functionally specialised to analyse different features of the visual environment.Keywords
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