On localization of moving objects in the visual system of cats.
In cortical areas direction-specific receptive fields occur systematically. Direction specifity is based on unsymmetric coupling of neurons. Such a coupling allows an exact localization of moved stimuli. For this task, the asymmetry in the time domain is compensated for by a spatial asymmetry.
D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009039:Motion Perception; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology; D013028:Space Perception; D013998:Time Perception; D014796:Visual Perception