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Visual field maps in human cortex.

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Wandell, Brian A., Dumoulin, Serge O., Brewer, Alyssa A.·2007·Neuron

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Much of the visual cortex is organized into visual field maps: nearby neurons have receptive fields at nearby locations in the image. Mammalian species generally have multiple visual field maps with each species having similar, but not identical, maps. The introduction of functional magnetic resonance imaging made it possible to identify visual field maps in human cortex, including several near (1) medial occipital (V1,V2,V3), (2) lateral occipital (LO-1,LO-2, hMT+), (3) ventral occipital (hV4, VO-1, VO-2), (4) dorsal occipital (V3A, V3B), and (5) posterior parietal cortex (IPS-0 to IPS-4). Evidence is accumulating for additional maps, including some in the frontal lobe. Cortical maps are arranged into clusters in which several maps have parallel eccentricity representations, while the angular representations within a cluster alternate in visual field sign. Visual field maps have been linked to functional and perceptual properties of the visual system at various spatial scales, ranging from the level of individual maps to map clusters to dorsal-ventral streams. We survey recent measurements of human visual field maps, describe hypotheses about the function and relationships between maps, and consider methods to improve map measurements and characterize the response properties of neurons comprising these maps.

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  • LOTS developmental changes probably reflect greater sensitivity to visual input from nearby ventral areas like hV4, VO1, and VO2.

    “It is likely that the developmental changes we document in the LOTS reflect increased sensitivity to visual inputs delivered through neighboring ventral visual areas such as hV4, VO1, and VO2 (Ben-Shachar et al., 2007; Wandell, Dumoulin, & Brewer, 2007).”

    From The Development of Cortical Sensitivity to Visual Word Forms (2011) · cites this paper as Wandell et al., 2007

  • The circuits derived in the paper provide no explanation for observed cortical maps.

    “Hence, the circuits here provide no explanation for observed cortical maps [70],[71].”

    From Towards a mathematical theory of cortical micro-circuits (2009) · cites this paper as [70]

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Authors
Wandell, B. A., Dumoulin, S. O., & Brewer, A. A.
Affiliations
  • Stanford University (US)
  • University of California, Irvine (US)
Corresponding author
Wandell, Brian A.
Venue
Neuron
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2007-10
Volume
56
Issue
2
Pages
366-383
ISSN
0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2141073321
Cited by
1,231
References
179
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FWCI
2.51
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neuron (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Larry L. Hillblom Foundation
  • National Eye Institute (RO1 EY03164)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
Keywords
visual field maps, receptive fields, human visual cortex, lateral occipital cortex, posterior parietal cortex, functional MRI, visual system organization
MeSH terms
Animals, Brain Mapping, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Models, Anatomic, Models, Neurological, Visual Cortex, Visual Fields

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