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Stimulus-Specific Synchronizations in the Visual Cortex: Linking of Local Features Into Global Figures?

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Neuronal Cooperativity

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Synergetics ((SSSYN,volume 49))

Abstract

Feature linking among multiple cortical maps in the visual system requires flexible mechanisms in order to cope with the immense variability of natural scenes. We recently discovered stimulus-specific dynamic interactions between cell assemblies in cat primary visual cortex that could function as a global-linking mechanism in sensory and motor systems: Stimulus-induced oscillatory activities of 30–80 Hz in remote cell assemblies in the same and different visual cortex areas mutually synchronize if the stimulus contains common features that activate the assemblies simultaneously. The results suggest that the stimulus-induced oscillations of those neural groups become synchronized, which represent the features to be linked in the current visual situation.

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Eckhorn, R. (1991). Stimulus-Specific Synchronizations in the Visual Cortex: Linking of Local Features Into Global Figures?. In: Krüger, J. (eds) Neuronal Cooperativity. Springer Series in Synergetics, vol 49. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84301-3_9

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