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Published January 24, 1992 | public
Journal Article

Information processing in the primate visual system: an integrated systems perspective

Abstract

The primate visual system contains dozens of distinct areas in the cerebral cortex and several major subcortical structures. These subdivisions are extensively interconnected in a distributed hierarchical network that contains several intertwined processing streams. A number of strategies are used for efficient information processing within this hierarchy. These include linear and nonlinear filtering, passage through information bottlenecks, and coordinated use of multiple types of information. In addition, dynamic regulation of information flow within and between visual areas may provide the computational flexibility needed for the visual system to perform a broad spectrum of tasks accurately and at high resolution.

Additional Information

© 1992 American Association for the Advancement of Science. We thank T. Coogan, J. Gallant, J. Braun, and B. Olshausen for critical comments. The research described in this paper was supported in part by grants from NIH, the Office of Naval Research, and the Sloan Foundation, and was carried out in part by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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