ALTERATION OF CORTICAL ORIENTATION SELECTIVITY - IMPORTANCE OF ASYMMETRIC INPUT

被引:18
作者
GORDON, B
PRESSON, J
PACKWOOD, J
SCHEER, R
机构
[1] Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene
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10.1126/science.451557
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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];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Rearing cats so that each of the two eyes sees stripes of a different orientation alters the orientation preference of visual cortex cells. This result can be obtained by rearing the cats in striped cylinders or with goggles attached to their faces, but a tighter control of orientation preference is achieved by the goggles. Copyright © 1979 AAAS.
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