ORIENTATION ANISOTROPY OF VISUAL-STIMULI IN RHESUS-MONKEY - BEHAVIORAL-STUDY

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BOLTZ, RL
HARWERTH, RS
SMITH, EL
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10.1126/science.109923
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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The contrast sensitivity of the rhesus monkey was tested, according to a modified reaction-time paradigm, for sine-wave grating targets at different orientations. The monkey possesses an oblique effect slightly larger than that of humans. A reaction time analysis showed the oblique effect to be a suprathreshold as well as a threshold phenomenon. The presence of this effect further strengthens the use of the monkey as a model for the human visual system. Copyright © 1979 AAAS.
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