Attention! V1 neurons lining up for inspection.
In this issue of Neuron, Roelfsema and Spekreijse report that macaque V1 neuron responses are correlated with target choice in a task requiring monkeys to attentively trace a line to plan a saccade. These results provide evidence that V1 is actively involved in the interpretation of visual stimuli.
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Systems Neurobiology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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