Visual receptive fields in the cat's retina: complications.
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Visual receptive fields have been mapped with moving patterns in the cat's retinal ganglion cells. A small, general-purpose computer was used to collect a matrix of 2500 data points covering a 25 degrees -by-25 degrees region of space. The analysis of 40 units reveals the existence of many nonconcentric receptive fields and also the presence of line and edge detectors.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Science
دوره 152 3730 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1966