Out of the spotlight: face to face with attention

Out of the spotlight: face to face with attention

Figure-ground segmentation is a key early step in visual perception. A study now finds that V2 neurons in monkeys signal border ownership pre-attentively and that the effects of attention are predicted by the neurons' border preferences.

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature neuroscience 2007-11, Vol.10 (11), p.1344-1345
Hauptverfasser: Kastner, Sabine, McMains, Stephanie A
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animal Genetics and Genomics
Animals
Attention - physiology
Behavioral Sciences
Biological Techniques
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Face
Neurobiology
Neurons - physiology
Neurosciences
news-and-views
Pattern Recognition, Visual - physiology
Visual Cortex - cytology
Visual Fields - physiology
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Zusammenfassung:Figure-ground segmentation is a key early step in visual perception. A study now finds that V2 neurons in monkeys signal border ownership pre-attentively and that the effects of attention are predicted by the neurons' border preferences.
ISSN:1097-6256
1546-1726
DOI:10.1038/nn1107-1344