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Development of Specificity in the Cat Visual Cortex

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  1. Institute for Fundamental Studies Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, 14627, Rochester, NY, USA

    Rafael Pérez & Leon Glass

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    Robert Shlaer

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Pérez, R., Glass, L. & Shlaer, R. Development of Specificity in the Cat Visual Cortex. J. Math. Biology 1, 275–288 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03380115

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