We summarize the various strands of research on peripheral vision and relate them to
theories of form perception. After a historical overview, we describe quantifications of the …

Background The cerebral cortex is divisible into many individual areas, each exhibiting
distinct connectivity profiles, architecture, and physiological characteristics. Interactions …

The laminar location of the cell bodies and terminals of interareal connections determines
the hierarchical structural organization of the cortex and has been intensively studied …

Is there consciousness in machines? Or in animals? What happens to consciousness when
we are asleep, or in vegetative state? These are just a few examples of the many questions …

The traditional view on visual processing emphasizes a hierarchy: local line segments are
first linked into global contours, which in turn are assembled into more complex forms …

The mammalian visual system contains an extensive web of feedback connections
projecting from higher cortical areas to lower areas, including primary visual cortex …

Neurophysiological studies in humans employing magneto-(MEG) and electro-(EEG)
encephalography increasingly suggest that oscillatory rhythmic activity of the brain may be a …

Visual crowding is the inability to discriminate objects when presented with nearby flankers
and sets a fundamental limit for conscious perception. Beta oscillations in the parietal cortex …

Biphasic neural response properties, where the optimal stimulus for driving a neural
response changes from one stimulus pattern to the opposite stimulus pattern over short …

The primate visual system contains myriad feedback projections from higher-to lower-order
cortical areas, an architecture that has been implicated in the top-down modulation of early …