Higher Order Visual Processing in Macaque Extrastriate Cortex

• Published in: Physiological reviews Vol. 88; no. 1; pp. 59 - 89
• Main Author: Orban, Guy A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Am Physiological Soc 01.01.2008; American Physiological Society
• Subjects: Animals; Brain; Depth Perception - physiology; Macaca; Macaca - physiology; Models, Animal; Monkeys & apes; Motion Perception - physiology; Neurons; Primates; Tissues; Visual Cortex - physiology; Visual Pathways - physiology; Visual Perception - physiology

Laboratorium voor Neuro- en Psychofysiologie, K. U. Leuven Medical School, Leuven, Belgium The extrastriate cortex of primates encompasses a substantial portion of the cerebral cortex and is devoted to the higher order processing of visual signals and their dispatch to other parts of the brain. A fi...