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In cortical areas direction-specific receptive fields occur systematically. Direction specifity is based on unsymmetric coupling of neurons. Such a coupling allows an exact localization of moved stimuli. For this task, the asymmetry in the time domain is compensated for by a spatial asymmetry.
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This research was supported by DFG grant Se251/9. Professor W. von Seelen was in charge of the project
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Jensen, H.J., Martin, J. On localization of moving objects in the visual system of cats. Biol. Cybernetics 36, 173–177 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00365772
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00365772