Cortical hypercolumn size determines stereo fusion limits

Abstract. The size of a pair of cortical ocular dominance columns determines a basic anatomical module of V-1 which Hubel and Wiesel have termed the hypercolumn. Does this correspond to a basic functional, or psychophysically measurable, module as well? This is the basic question addressed in the present paper. Since the ocular dominance column architecture is presumed to be related to stereo vision, it is natural to assume that hypercolumn size should provide a modular basis for basic phenomena of stereopsis. In previous work, we have suggested that local nonlinear

• Type: Journal
• Year: 1999
• Where: BC
• Authors: Yehezkel Yeshurun, Eric L. Schwartz
• Keywords: BC 1999, Cortical Ocular Dominance, Hypercolumn Size, Ocular Dominance Columns