Visual neuroscience: illuminating the dark corners

M A Paradiso

doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(99)00249-3

Visual neuroscience: illuminating the dark corners

Curr Biol. 2000 Jan 13;10(1):R15-8. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(99)00249-3.

Author

M A Paradiso¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA.

PMID: 10660287
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(99)00249-3

Abstract

Recent experiments suggest that our perception of lightness involves a sophisticated interpretation of illumination and shadow. This finding challenges common notions about hierarchical processing and the neural basis of perception.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Action Potentials
Darkness
Field Dependence-Independence
Illusions / physiology*
Light
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Models, Neurological*
Neurons, Afferent / physiology
Retina / physiology
Space Perception
Visual Pathways / physiology
Visual Perception / physiology*