Recognition of visual stimuli from multiple neuronal activity in monkey visual cortex.
Response patterns recorded with 30 microelectrodes from area 17 of anaesthetized monkeys are analysed. A proportion of the patterns are used to define prototype response patterns. These in turn are used to recognize the stimulus from further non-averaged response patterns. In comparison, recognition by a feedforward 'neural network' is much slower, and slightly inferior. The excitation time structure, with a resolution of about 20 ms, is found to contribute strongly to the recognition. There is some inter-ocular recognition for oriented moving bars, and for on and off phases of switched lights, but none for colours. Generalizations over some stimulus parameters (i.e. cases of confusion) are examined: If small jerking shapes are incorrectly recognized, in general the jerk direction often is the correct one. The onset of a response can most easily be found by determining the dissimilarity relative to spontaneous activity in a sliding window.
Becker
J D
JD
Fakultät für Physik, Freiburg, Germany.
Krüger
J
J
D000818:Animals; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003118:Color Perception; D008839:Microelectrodes; D009039:Motion Perception; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011930:Reaction Time; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology