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Responses of superficial-layer, texturesensitive complex cells in cat striate cortex to relative motion between an oriented bar stimulus and its textured background were recorded. Some cells responded best to motion in one particular direction across the receptive field of the cell, irrespective of whether the bar and background moved simultaneously in the same (in-phase) or opposite (antiphase) directions. Others showed a clear preference for either in-phase or antiphase relative motion, irrespective of direction of motion across the receptive field.
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Supported by the Medical Research Council (grant no. G 80/ 0833/4/N to P. Hammond)
On leave from: Newcastle-upon-Tyne Polytechnic
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Hammond, P., Smith, A.T. On the sensitivity of complex cells in feline striate cortex to relative motion. Exp Brain Res 47, 457–460 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00239363
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00239363