title: Visual neuroscience: illuminating the dark corners.
abstract: Recent experiments suggest that our perception of lightness involves a sophisticated interpretation of illumination and shadow. This finding challenges common notions about hierarchical processing and the neural basis of perception.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Paradiso
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D003624:Darkness; D005364:Field Dependence-Independence; D007088:Illusions / Q000502:physiology*; D008027:Light; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000502:physiology; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology; D013028:Space Perception; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*