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Perception 4/e Cover Image
Perception, 4/e
Robert Sekuler, Brandeis University
Randolph Blake, Vanderbilt University
Central Visual Pathways

Chapter Outline

  1. THE OPTIC NERVE
  2. THE SUPERIOR COLLICULUS
  3. THE LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS
    1. Structure Of The LGN
    2. Retinal Maps In The LGN
    3. Receptive Field Properties Of P And M LGN Cells
      1. Color
      2. Acuity
      3. Temporal variations
    4. Possible Functions Of The LGN
  4. THE VISUAL CORTEX
  5. CORTICAL BLINDNESS
  6. STRUCTURE OF THE VISUAL CORTEX
  7. RETINAL MAPS IN THE CORTEX
  8. FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF CORTICAL CELLS
    1. Orientation Selectivity
    2. The Oblique Effect
    3. Selectivity for Direction of Motion
    4. Size Selectivity
    5. Binocularity
    6. Color
    7. Columns and Hypercolumns
  9. VISUAL PROCESSING BEYOND AREA V1
    1. The Duality of Visual Processing
    2. P and M Cell Contributions to Vision
    3. Specialized Visual Areas in Human Vision?
  10. RELATING VISUAL PERCEPTION TO NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
  11. WHAT INFORMATION DO CORTICAL CELLS REGISTER?
  12. CORTICAL NEURONS AND VISUAL PERCEPTION
    1. Vision is Constructive
    2. Vision is Context Dependent
    3. Vision Can Be Ambiguous
      1. Instability of perception
      2. Integration of local features








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