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Allometry in the Justo Gonzalo's model of the sensorial cortex

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Biological and Artificial Computation: From Neuroscience to Technology (IWANN 1997)

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We report on the interpretation of the “central” syndrome (described by J. Gonzalo and associated to a unilateral lesion in the parieto-occipital cortex, equidistant from the visual, tactile and auditory areas) as a reduction in the excitability of the cerebral system. The sensorial organization is maintained but, according to the principle of similitude, different sensory functions become altered differently (allometrically) depending on their excitability demands. This alteration reveals the functional behaviour of the sensorial structures. Taking J. Gonzalo's work as a starting point, we found allometric potential functions for some of the sensory visual functions.

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  1. Departamento de Optica. Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain

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Gonzalo, I. (1997). Allometry in the Justo Gonzalo's model of the sensorial cortex. In: Mira, J., Moreno-Díaz, R., Cabestany, J. (eds) Biological and Artificial Computation: From Neuroscience to Technology. IWANN 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1240. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0032475

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