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Lect - 10 - Visual Cortex - 1-2013 PDF
Lect - 10 - Visual Cortex - 1-2013 PDF
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Visual
Cortex
1
-
Cell
types
and
orienta;on
selec;vity
Kandel et al., 2000: Chap. 27; Nicholl s et al., Chap. 20.
www.owlnet.rice.edu/ ~psyc351/imagelist.htm
Calcarine sulcus
Central vision
upper bank
lower bank
V1 damage
Primary
Visual
cortex
V1,
Area
17
or
Striate
cortex
B
B
V2
V1
Horizontal
meridian
V1/V2
border
is
represented
by
the
verAcal
meridian.
Layers
(laminae)
of
macaque
primary
visual
cortex,
also
known
as
striate,
V1
or
area
17.
(Hubel
&
Wiesel,
1972)
Simple cell
Complex Cell
Poor
GoodResponse
Response
End-stopping
is
either
a
local
phenomenon
(iniAated
by
layer
6
pyramids)
or
a
property
carried
over
from
the
dLGN.
OrientaAon
selecAvity
may
arise
before
the
level
of
striate
cortex!
Learning objectives!
"
By the end of this lecture you should be able to:"
"
describe the basic anatomical characteristics of the primary visual cortex, the
termination zones of LGN afferents and the morphological cell types in area V1. "
"
understand the basic retinotopy of area V1 and describe the visual loss from focal
V1 damage"
"
understand the distinguishing features of simple, complex and hypercomplex
cells"
understand the model of orientation selectivity proposed by Hubel & Wiesel and
describe briefly some alternative schemes."
"