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Simple cells in the visual cortex of the cat can be narrowly tuned for spatial frequency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2009

J. G. Robson ,
D. J. Tolhurst ,
R. D. Freeman  and
I. Ohzawa
J. G. Robson
Affiliation:
Physiological Laboratory, Cambridge
D. J. Tolhurst
Affiliation:
Physiological Laboratory, Cambridge
R. D. Freeman
Affiliation:
Group in Neurobiology, University of California, Berkeley
I. Ohzawa
Affiliation:
Group in Neurobiology, University of California, Berkeley
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Abstract

The existence in cat cortex of linearly operating simple cells with relative spatial-frequency bandwidths of between 0.5 and 1 octave is confirmed.

Keywords

Spatial frequencyCortical cells
Type
Short Communication
Information
Visual Neuroscience , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , July 1988 , pp. 415 - 419
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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