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Interocular temporal delay sensitivity in the visual cortex of the awake monkey
Author(s) -
Perez Rogelio,
Gonzalez Francisco,
Justo Maria S.,
Ulibarrena Carlos
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
european journal of neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.346
H-Index - 206
eISSN - 1460-9568
pISSN - 0953-816X
DOI - 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00700.x
Subject(s) - ocular dominance , visual cortex , stimulation , neuroscience , time perception , perception , psychology , visual perception , audiology , medicine
Due to the separation of the eyes, temporal retinal disparities are created during binocular stimulation and they have been proposed to be the basis of several stereo‐visual effects. This paper studies the sensitivity of cortical neurons from area V1 to interocular temporal delay in the awake monkey (Macaca mulatta). Forty‐four cells were included in this study. Temporal delay sensitivity was observed in 59% of them. About half of these temporal‐delay‐sensitive cells were also sensitive to the stimulation sequence of the eyes. The cells that preferred one eye to be stimulated first were termed asymmetrical (46%); those which were not sensitive to the eye sequence of stimulation were termed symmetrical (54%). No clear differences were observed in the distribution of delay‐sensitive cells according to their eye dominance. Fifty‐six percent of balanced cells and 65% of unbalanced cells were sensitive to interocular delay. These data underline the importance of temporal cues for depth perception.