Visual neurophysiology: recordings from the human primate.
Neurophysiological studies in human patients, with experiments of the kind traditionally reserved for monkeys, are beginning to provide valuable insight into the workings of the brain. Taking center stage is the question of which neurons lie at the heart of perception itself.
Leopold
David A
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Max Planck Insitute for Biological Cybernetics, Spemannstrasse 38, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany. david.leopold@tuebingen.mpg.de
D000679:Amygdala / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination / Q000502:physiology; D008839:Microelectrodes; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011323:Primates / Q000502:physiology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*; D015348:Vision, Binocular / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*