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Figure-ground segmentation is a key early step in visual perception. A study now finds that V2 neurons in monkeys signal border ownership pre-attentively and that the effects of attention are predicted by the neurons' border preferences.

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Figure 1: Figure-ground stimuli.

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Kastner, S., McMains, S. Out of the spotlight: face to face with attention. Nat Neurosci 10, 1344–1345 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1107-1344

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