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Bands of cells in the visual cortex of many adult mammals are alternately dominated by inputs from the left and right eye1. These bands (or “ocular dominance columns”) result from the competitive interactions of the afferents from the two eyes.2 A simple connectionist model is presented. Only local interactions are used (a cellular automata) to produce a similar pattern of banding. The model is presented in terms of monkey (macaque) development, but the principles apply to cat and other animals as well
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Silverstein, D.A. (1992). A Cellular Automaton Simulation of the Development of Ocular Dominance Columns. In: Eeckman, F.H. (eds) Analysis and Modeling of Neural Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4010-6_25
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