Image segmentation: a tug-of-war for the eyeball.
Separating objects from their background is one of the central abilities of the visual system. Recent evidence has revealed how populations of neurons, some of which have receptive fields with an antagonistic center-surround structure, and some of which do not, might contribute to this ability.
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Department of Cognitive Neurology, University of Tübingen, Germany. treue@uni-tuebingen.de
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D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D009039:Motion Perception; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D012438:Saccades; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D014794:Visual Fields; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*