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Author(s) -
Kiper Daniel C.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the journal of physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.802
H-Index - 240
eISSN - 1469-7793
pISSN - 0022-3751
DOI - 10.1111/j..2003.t01-1-00335.x
Subject(s) - percept , visual cortex , neuroscience , cortex (anatomy) , population , psychology , association (psychology) , function (biology) , object (grammar) , cognitive science , perception , biology , computer science , artificial intelligence , sociology , evolutionary biology , demography , psychotherapist
Over the past decades, the functional role of many cortical regions has been elucidated. Many regions previously labelled as unspecific ‘association’ cortex have been attributed a specific role, and assigned to one or other of the many systems underlying our mental processes. The trend towards assigning a unique role to specific neuronal populations is also reflected within individual systems: a given function, such as seeing or hearing, is often thought to be achieved by a number of neuronal populations working in parallel, each solving one specific component of the task at hand. This notion has been particularly evident in studies of the visual cortical areas.