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Rapid visual learning in neurones of the primate temporal visual cortex

Year: 1996

Type: article

Abstract: The human visual system can learn to recognize visual stimuli rapidly. For example, humans can accurately reconstruct meaningful objects out of fragmentary evidence, once they have seen the same object in its unambiguous form. The anterior temporal cortical areas of macaques contain some neurones with invariant visual responses which appear to provide a representation of complex patterns and objects, such as faces. Remarkably, these neurones show an enhancement of response after brief (e.g. 5 s) exposure to the unambiguous stimulus, an effect that appears to reflect the neural basis of the rapid perceptual learning seen in humans.

Source: Neuroreport

DOI: 10.1097/00001756-199611040-00070

Authors: Martin J. Tovee, Edmund T. Rolls, Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

Institutions: University of Oxford, University of California San Diego, Newcastle University

Language: English

Topic: Visual perception and processing mechanisms

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1985197730

FWCI: 3.953

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Cited by: 106

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