Distributed processing of color and form in the visual cortex.
To what extent does the visual system process color and form separately? Proponents of the segregation view claim that distinct regions of the cortex are dedicated to each of these two dimensions separately. However, evidence is accumulating that color and form processing may, at least to some extent, be intertwined in the brain. In this perspective, we review psychophysical and neurophysiological studies on color and form perception and evaluate their results in light of recent developments in population coding.
Institute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zürich and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, Switzerland ; Laboratory for Human Systems Neuroscience, RIKEN Brain Science Institute Wako, Japan.
Ilias
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Rentzeperis
Laboratory for Perceptual Dynamics, University of Leuven Leuven, Belgium.
Andrey R
AR
Nikolaev
Institute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zürich and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, Switzerland.
Daniel C
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Kiper
Laboratory for Perceptual Dynamics, University of Leuven Leuven, Belgium.
Cees
C
van Leeuwen
color; complex selectivity; distributed processing; form; high dimensional code; integration; mixed selective cells; segregation