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Human Perception. 6: The Cortical Representation. Overview of the Visual Cortex. Human visual areas. Overview of the Visual Cortex. Human visual areas. Visual Areas in Lateral and Medial Views of Occipital Cortex. GIRKIN AND MILLER Surv Ophthalmol 45 (5) March–April 2001. V1 V2 V3 V3A
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Human Perception 6: The Cortical Representation
Overview of the Visual Cortex • Human visual areas
Overview of the Visual Cortex • Human visual areas
Visual Areas in Lateral and Medial Views of Occipital Cortex GIRKIN AND MILLERSurv Ophthalmol 45 (5) March–April 2001
V1 V2 V3 V3A V4 Anterior Posterior cm Overview of the Visual Cortex • Human visual areas
V1 cm Visual areas occipital lobes, posterior view V2 V3 V3a V4v MT+ left right
Retinotopic Organization • Receptive field location in the human calcarine sulcus
Visual Field MappingPhase-Encoded Retinotopies(Engel et al., 1994,1997)
Eccentricity Maps Lateral Medial SH/081798
Dorsal view 20 deg Eccentricity Maps Occipital WAP TOS Parietal
Retinotopic organization • Methods to estimate the receptive field location
Organization of V1 Upper VM HM 80 Lower VM
22 deg Rod free zone 1.2 cm Cortical Magnification and Rod Free Zone
Visual area Dorsal V1 V2 V3 V3A Sagittal V3B hV4 Ventral V7 Fovealconfluence Retinotopic Areas On A Human Brain
Electrical Stimulation of Area V1 • Visual phosphene • Human
Electrical Stimulation of Area V1 • Visual phosphene • Human
Orientation Sensitivity Best orientation
The Architecture of Area V1 • V1 is a layered structure
Columnar architecture in other areas Direction columns in MT “Feature” columns in IT