Visual perception: Sunny side up Export

@article{citeulike:910867, abstract = {Illumination, both natural and artificial, typically comes from above. Neurons in visual area V4 -- part of the object-processing pathway in the primate brain -- may rely on this anisotropy to infer three-dimensional structure from shading cues.}, author = {Connor, Charles E.}, citeulike-article-id = {910867}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00468-7}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VRT-4CYN8HP-N/2/88fe709d5d7a4be47e2773f31b0f690e}, comment = {why do we associate light with up and dark with down? could be because light comes from above - typical sources of illumination - lamps, lightbulbs, the sun, are up, and dark places, caves - cellars bottom of sea etc are dark...}, day = {2}, doi = {10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00468-7}, journal = {Current Biology}, keywords = {light, spatial}, month = {October}, number = {19}, pages = {R776--R778}, posted-at = {2006-10-24 09:33:21}, priority = {3}, title = {Visual perception: Sunny side up}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00468-7}, volume = {11}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:910867 L3 - citeulike-article-id:910867 N2 - Illumination, both natural and artificial, typically comes from above. Neurons in visual area V4 -- part of the object-processing pathway in the primate brain -- may rely on this anisotropy to infer three-dimensional structure from shading cues. IS - 19 JF - Current Biology EP - R778 TI - Visual perception: Sunny side up VL - 11 SP - R776 KW - light KW - spatial N1 - why do we associate light with up and dark with down? could be because light comes from above - typical sources of illumination - lamps, lightbulbs, the sun, are up, and dark places, caves - cellars bottom of sea etc are dark... AU - Connor, Charles PY - 2001/10/02/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00468-7 ER -