title: Assessment of stimulus-induced changes in human V1 visual field maps.
abstract: Visual cortex contains a set of field maps in which nearby scene points are represented in the responses of nearby neurons. We tested a recent hypothesis that the visual field map in primary visual cortex (V1) is dynamic, changing in response to stimulus motion direction. The original experimental report replicates, but further experimental and analytical investigations do not support, the interpretation of the results. The V1 map remains invariant when measured using stimuli moving in different directions. The measurements can be explained by small and systematic response amplitude differences that arise when probing with stimuli moving in different directions.
authors.affiliation: Jordan Hall, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Junjie V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ashida
authors.forename: Andrew T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Brian A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Wandell
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001931:Brain Mapping; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen