A Model of the Spatial-Frequency Organization in Primate Striate Cortex

The majority of cells in area V1 of the primate visual cortex have largely been characterized as oriented, bandpass filters. That is, for any given region of visual space, one finds cells tuned to a variety of different spatial frequency bands and orientations (De Valois et al., 1982; Parker and Hawken, 1988). In order to be consistent with our perceptual capabilities, one would expect these cells to be organized in a way that yields a veridical representation of spatial structure over a range of different scales. Here, we present a model of the spatial frequency organization that would be required in primate V1 in order to form a complete representation of spatial information provided by the optic nerve.

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