title: A model for end-stopping in the visual cortex.
abstract: A model for end-stopping that requires only excitatory inputs is presented. This model is based on multiplication of the outputs from two orientation tuned and spatial-frequency selective neurons. Computer simulations show that, provided the optimal orientations of the two neurons are sufficiently different, the resulting product will display orientation-independent end-stopping. Neurons simulated in this manner display the main characteristics of actual hypercomplex cells.
authors.affiliation: Skottun Research, Piedmont, CA 94611-5154, USA. bernt@best.com
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Skottun
mesh_terms: D005583:Fourier Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009433:Neural Inhibition; D012399:Rotation; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology*