A Model of the Receptive Fields of Mammal Vision

  • J.-P. Crettez
  • J.-C. Simon
Conference paper
Part of the NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series book series (ASIC, volume 77)

Abstract

The retina, the lateral geniculate bodies, the visual cortex are the three physiological levels of the visual pathway. At each level, to a definite cell corresponds a “receptive field” in the visual space. A multilayer model may exiplain the size constancy effect in perception. Each layer is supposed to have an homogeneous distribution of retinal ganglion receptive fields. A simple transformation allows to model complex and hypercomp lex cells. Called a “synoptical heptarchy”, this set of transforms explains a number of features of the receptive fields: symmetry, orientation, spatial frequency characteristics, and complexity.

Keywords

Ganglion Cell Visual Cortex Receptive Field Visual Space Striate Cortex 
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© D. Reidel Publishing Company 1981

Authors and Affiliations

  • J.-P. Crettez
    • 1
  • J.-C. Simon
    • 1
  1. 1.Institut de ProgrammationUniversité P. & M. CurieParis Cedex 05France

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