Cortical communication and the comparison of colors
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Mollon, John https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8533-033X
Danilova, M
Abstract
The hues or the colorimetric purities of a pair of colored targets can be compared with similar precision whether the targets are juxtaposed or fall at well-separated positions in the visual field. This is the case even if the stimuli are 10° apart and fall in opposite hemifields. What could be the neural processes that underlie such comparisons? We are led to ask whether the long-range, white-matter tracts of the brain constitute a neural net (where representations are embodied in the weightings and signs of connections between the nodes of the net) or a communication network (where the same physical substrate carries different information from moment to moment).
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5202 Biological Psychology, 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, 3209 Neurosciences, 52 Psychology, Neurosciences, Brain Disorders
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Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
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2352-1546
2352-1546
2352-1546
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30
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Elsevier
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Wellcome Trust (082378/Z/07/Z)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/S000623/1)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/S000623/1)
Supported by BBSRC (BB/S000623/1) and Wellcome Trust (082378/Z/07/Z).