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We examined the effects of a moving background on the receptive field profiles of neurons in visual cortex of anesthetized macaque monkeys. An oscillating background pattern was presented entirely outside the classical receptive fieldtand the spatial sensitivity of the cell was mapped with small target stimuli flashed at different locations in the classical receptive field and at different phases relative to the background motion. Our results indicate that the receptive field profiles of many cells in area VI are modulated to a significant degree by background motion. In most of these cells, the motion-induced modulation is more complex than a simple change in gain or a translation in space.
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Fox, J.M., Van Essen, D.C., Delbrück, T., Gallant, J., Anderson, C.H. (1992). Dynamic aspects of receptive field organization in area VI of the macaque monkey. In: Eeckman, F.H. (eds) Analysis and Modeling of Neural Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4010-6_17
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