Allman, John and Miezin, Francis and McGuinness, EveLynn (1985) Direction- and Velocity-Specific Responses from beyond the Classical Receptive Field in the Middle Temporal Visual Area (MT). Perception, 14 (2). pp. 105-126. ISSN 0301-0066. doi:10.1068/p140105. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20201023-182804398
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Abstract
The true receptive field of more than 90% of neurons in the middle temporal visual area (MT) extends well beyond the classical receptive field (crf), as mapped with conventional bar or spot stimuli, and includes a surrounding region that is 50 to 100 times the area of the crf. These extensive surrounds are demonstrated by simultaneously stimulating the crf and the surround with moving stimuli. The surrounds commonly have directional and velocity-selective influences that are antagonistic to the response from the crf. The crfs of MT neurons are organized in a topographic representation of the visual field. Thus MT neurons are embedded in an orderly visuotopic array, but are capable of integrating local stimulus conditions within a global context. The extensive surrounds of MT neurons may be involved in figure-ground discrimination, preattentive vision, perceptual constancies, and depth perception through motion cues.
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Additional Information: | © 1985 SAGE Publications. Received 21 May 1984, in revised form 3 October 1984. We thank Drs Francis Crick, Bob Desimone, John Maunsell, and Terry Sejnowski for many helpful discussions, Leslie Wolcott for drawing many of the illustrations, and Dave Sivertsen for the photograph of the owl monkey's habitat. This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (EY -03851), the Pew Memorial Trust and the LSB Leakey Foundation. | ||||||||
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DOI: | 10.1068/p140105 | ||||||||
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Official Citation: | Allman, John, et al. “Direction- and Velocity-Specific Responses from beyond the Classical Receptive Field in the Middle Temporal Visual Area (MT).” Perception, vol. 14, no. 2, Apr. 1985, pp. 105–126, doi:10.1068/p140105. | ||||||||
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