Cerebral Cortex : Volume 12: Extrastriate Cortex in Primates

Kathleen S Rockland

ISBN 10: 0306455307 / ISBN 13: 9780306455308

Published by Springer Us Jan 1998, 1998

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Neuware - Over the last twenty-five years, there has been an extensive effort, still growing for that matter, to explore and understand the organization of extrastriate cor tex in primates. We now recognize that most of caudal neocortex is visual in some sense and that this large visual region includes many distinct areas. Some of these areas have been well defined, and connections, neural properties, and the functional consequences of deactivations have been studied. More recently, non invasive imaging of cortical activity patterns during visual tasks has led to an expanding stream of papers on extrastriate visual cortex of humans, and results have been related to theories of visual cortex organization that have emerged from research on monkeys. Against this backdrop, the time seems ripe for a review of progress and a glance at the future. One caveat important to emphasize at the very onset is that the reader may be puzzled or confused by the use of different terminologies. Individual investi gators commonly tend to favor different terminologies, but in general some prove more advantageous than others. As discussed by Rowe and Stone (1977) as well as by others, there is an unfortunate tendency for role-indicating names to lead to fixed ideas about function, in contrast to those that are more neutral and adaptable to new findings.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cerebral Cortex : Volume 12: Extrastriate Cortex in Primates
• Publisher: Springer Us Jan 1998
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306455307
• ISBN 13: 9780306455308
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 254W x 178H x 46D millimeters 254 millimeters width by 178 millimeters height by 46 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1724 grams

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Synopsis

Over the last twenty-five years, there has been an extensive effort, still growing for that matter, to explore and understand the organization of extrastriate cor­ tex in primates. We now recognize that most of caudal neocortex is visual in some sense and that this large visual region includes many distinct areas. Some of these areas have been well defined, and connections, neural properties, and the functional consequences of deactivations have been studied. More recently, non­ invasive imaging of cortical activity patterns during visual tasks has led to an expanding stream of papers on extrastriate visual cortex of humans, and results have been related to theories of visual cortex organization that have emerged from research on monkeys. Against this backdrop, the time seems ripe for a review of progress and a glance at the future. One caveat important to emphasize at the very onset is that the reader may be puzzled or confused by the use of different terminologies. Individual investi­ gators commonly tend to favor different terminologies, but in general some prove more advantageous than others. As discussed by Rowe and Stone (1977) as well as by others, there is an unfortunate tendency for role-indicating names to lead to fixed ideas about function, in contrast to those that are more neutral and adaptable to new findings.

Review

From reviews of previous volumes:
"Authoritative, comprehensive, well illustrated."
American Scientist

"An invaluable source of information."
Trends in Neurosciences