Are Visual Hierarchies in the Brains of the Beholders?: Constancy and Variability in the Visual System of Birds and Mammals
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1-1991
Keywords
Visual Pathway, Optic Tectum, Striate Cortex, Middle Temporal, Extrastriate Cortex
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3390-0_5
Abstract
Contemporary concepts of the organization of the visual system began to emerge in the mid to late 19th century. It had long been appreciated that penetrating wounds of the occipital region of the brain resulted in blindness. Lesions of more lateral portions of the hemisphere often resulted in varying degrees of visual agnosias, though it was not until the middle third of the twentieth century that the contribution of such cortical areas to visual performance became an object of interest.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Are Visual Hierarchies in the Brains of the Beholders?: Constancy and Variability in the Visual System of Birds and Mammals, in P. Bagnoli & W. Hodos (Eds.), The Changing Visual System: Maturation and Aging in the Central Nervous System, NATO ASI Series, Plenum Press, p. 51-59
Scholar Commons Citation
Karten, Harvey J. and Shimizu, Toru, "Are Visual Hierarchies in the Brains of the Beholders?: Constancy and Variability in the Visual System of Birds and Mammals" (1991). Psychology Faculty Publications. 370.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/370
