Active vision and visual activation in area V4

Neuron. 2003 Dec 18;40(6):1056-8. doi: 10.1016/s0896-6273(03)00805-5.

Abstract

During normal vision, the focus of gaze continually jumps from one important image feature to the next. In this issue of Neuron, Mazer and Gallant analyze neural activity in higher-level visual cortex during this kind of active visual exploration, and they demonstrate a localized enhancement of visual responses that predicts the target of the upcoming eye movement.

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Humans
  • Photic Stimulation / methods
  • Vision, Ocular / physiology*
  • Visual Cortex / physiology*