Neuronal Correlates of Subjective Visual Perception

SciencePublished 18 August 1989

Nikos K. Logothetis, Jeffrey D. Schall

DOI10.1126/science.2772635

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SJR score10.42

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Abstract

Neuronal activity in the superior temporal sulcus of monkeys, a cortical region that plays an important role in analyzing visual motion, was related to the subjective perception of movement during a visual task. Single neurons were recorded while monkeys (Macaca mulatta) discriminated the direction of motion of stimuli that could be seen moving in either of two directions during binocular rivalry. The activity of many neurons was dictated by the retinal stimulus. Other neurons, however, reflected the monkeys' reported perception of motion direction, indicating that these neurons in the superior temporal sulcus may mediate the perceptual experience of a moving object.

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