Binocular vision: an orientation to disparity coding.
A new study has shown that neurons in the visual cortex are specialized to encode the larger range of horizontal - relative to vertical - disparities that occurs in central vision. These results challenge the established 'energy' model of disparity processing.
Uka
Takanori
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Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8108, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
DeAngelis
Gregory C
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D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D015357:Vision Disparity / Q000502:physiology*; D015348:Vision, Binocular / Q000502:physiology*; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology*