An estimation and application of the human cortical magnification factor Export

@article{citeulike:943082, abstract = {Comparisons of the published data on the density D of receptive fields of retinal ganglion cells and on the cortical magnification factor M indicated that M2 is directly proportional to D in primates. Therefore, the human M can be estimated for the principal meridians of the visual field from the density-distribution of retinal ganglion cells and from the density of the centralmost cones. Using the previously published empirical data, we estimated the values of the human M and express the values in four simple equations that can be used for finding the value of M for any location of the visual field. The monocular values of M are not radially symmetric.}, author = {Rovamo, J. and Virsu, V.}, citeulike-article-id = {943082}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00236819}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/t2202j3tw1716592}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1007/BF00236819}, journal = {Experimental Brain Research}, keywords = {brain, cortex, magnification, maps}, month = {November}, number = {3}, pages = {495--510}, posted-at = {2006-11-14 15:59:58}, priority = {2}, title = {An estimation and application of the human cortical magnification factor}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00236819}, volume = {37}, year = {1979} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:943082 L3 - citeulike-article-id:943082 N2 - Comparisons of the published data on the density D of receptive fields of retinal ganglion cells and on the cortical magnification factor M indicated that M2 is directly proportional to D in primates. Therefore, the human M can be estimated for the principal meridians of the visual field from the density-distribution of retinal ganglion cells and from the density of the centralmost cones. Using the previously published empirical data, we estimated the values of the human M and express the values in four simple equations that can be used for finding the value of M for any location of the visual field. The monocular values of M are not radially symmetric. IS - 3 JF - Experimental Brain Research EP - 510 TI - An estimation and application of the human cortical magnification factor VL - 37 SP - 495 KW - brain KW - cortex KW - magnification KW - maps AU - Rovamo, J AU - Virsu, V PY - 1979/11/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00236819 ER -