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The anatomical connections and physiological properties of the several parallel visual pathways in the Macaque offer tantalizing hints of their functional organization. One pathway is more robust than others, indicating dense sampling of the visual image. One has many neurons with color-opponent physiological responses, suggesting an important role in color vision. Some pathways provide the major inputs to cortical regions thought to be important for motion analysis, or the processing of visual shape.
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Merigan, W.H. (1991). P and M Pathway Specialization in the Macaque. In: Valberg, A., Lee, B.B. (eds) From Pigments to Perception. NATO ASI Series, vol 203. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3718-2_13
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