ARE WE AWARE OF NEURAL ACTIVITY IN PRIMARY VISUAL-CORTEX

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作者
CRICK, F [1 ]
KOCH, C [1 ]
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[1] CALTECH, COMPUTAT & NEURAL SYST PROGRAM, PASADENA, CA 91125 USA
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10.1038/375121a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
It is usually assumed that people are visually aware of at least some of the neuronal activity in the primary visual area, V1, of the neocortex. But the neuroanatomy of the macaque monkey suggests that, although primates may be aware of neural activity in other visual cortical areas, they are not directly aware of that in area V1. There is some psychophysical evidence in humans that supports this hypothesis.
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