Journal article
Pattern Motion Processing by MT Neurons
Parvin Zarei Eskikand, Tatiana Kameneva, Anthony N Burkitt, David B Grayden, Michael R Ibbotson
Frontiers in Neural Circuits | Frontiers Media | Published : 2019
Abstract
Based on stimulation with plaid patterns, neurons in the Middle Temporal (MT) area of primate visual cortex are divided into two types: pattern and component cells. The prevailing theory suggests that pattern selectivity results from the summation of the outputs of component cells as part of a hierarchical visual pathway. We present a computational model of the visual pathway from primary visual cortex (V1) to MT that suggests an alternate model where the progression from component to pattern selectivity is not required. Using standard orientation-selective V1 cells, end-stopped V1 cells, and V1 cells with extra-classical receptive fields (RFs) as inputs to MT, the model shows that the degre..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Awarded by ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function
Awarded by Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI) on its Peak Computing Facility at the University of Melbourne, an initiative of the Victorian Government
Funding Acknowledgements
This research was supported by the Australian Research Council through Discovery Grants [DE120102210, DP140104533], the ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function [CE140100007] and Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI) grant number VR0138 on its Peak Computing Facility at the University of Melbourne, an initiative of the Victorian Government. PZ acknowledges a postgraduate scholarship from the National Information and Communication Technology Australia (NICTA-http://www.nicta.com.au/). NICTA is funded by the Australian Government as represented by the Department of Broadband, Communications, and the Digital Economy (http://www.communications.gov.au/) and the Australian Research Council through the ICT Centre of Excellence program.