This article argues that phenomenological description and neurophysiological correlation
complement each other in perception research. Whilst phenomena constitute the material …

Physiological and anatomical findings in the primate visual system, as well as clinical
evidence in humans, suggest that different components of visual information processing are …

Recent findings from the study of primary visual cortex in humans and animals blur the
distinction between early and late visual processing. Under some conditions, the activity of …

How we see the world largely depends on the organization of neuronal circuits in visual
cortex. Physiological recordings in mammals indicate that circuits develop over a period that …

The study of visual perception is one of the most fascinating areas of modern brain research.
About one quarter of the human cerebral cortex (a third in the monkey) is predominantly …

We present select examples of how visual phenomena can serve as tools to uncoverbrain
mechanisms. Specifically, receptive field organization is proposed as a Gestalt-like neural …

The spiking activity of nearby cortical neurons is correlated on both short and long time
scales. Understanding this shared variability in firing patterns is critical for appreciating the …

" The way we think of and label the responses of visual cortical cells depends on our
underlying assumptions as to how the whole system functions"(MacKay t 985). This explains …

Perceptual organization comprises a wide range of processes such as perceptual grouping,
figure-ground organization, filling-in, completion, perceptual switching, etc. Such processes …

DANIEL Y. TS'O AND ANNA W. ROE abstract Our understanding of the neural mechanisms
underlying visual processing has been greatly advanced by the study of how neurons are …