Brain and visual perception : the story of a 25-year collaboration / / David H. Hubel, Torsten N. Wiesel

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910974290803321
• Autore: Hubel David H.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2005
• ISBN: 9780198039167; 0198039166; 9781280844959; 1280844957; 9781429431026; 1429431024
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 729 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 152.14
• Soggetti: Visual pathways; Visual pathways - Research - History; Visual perception; Visual perception - Research - History; Visual Perception - physiology; Biomedical Research - history; History, 20th Century; Visual Pathways; Visual Perception; United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: David H. Hubel -- Torsten N. Wiesel -- Cortical neurophysiology in the 1950's -- The group at Hopkins -- The move from Hopkins to Harvard -- The new department -- Our first paper, on cat cortex, 1959 -- Recordings from fibers in the monkey optic nerve -- Recordings from cells in the cat lateral geniculate -- Our major paper on cat striate cortex, 1962 -- Recordings from cat prestriate areas, 18 and 19 -- Survey of the monkey lateral geniculate body- a foray into color -- Recording fibers in the cat corpus callosum -- Recordings in monkey ; striate cortex, 1968 -- Another visual representation, the cat clare-bishop area -- Encoding of binocular depth in a cortical area in the monkey -- Anatomy of the geniculo-cortical pathway: the nauta method -- Ocular dominance columns revealed by autoradiography -- Regular sequences of orientation shifts in monkeys -- Cortical modules and magnification in monkeys -- The first three kitten deprivation papers -- Second group of deprivation papers -- The Siamese cat -- Cells grouped in orientation columns in newborn monkeys -- Plasticity and development of monkey ocular dominance columns -- Ferrier lecture, 1977 -- Nobel lecture, David H. Hubel; Nobel lecture, Torsten N. Wiesel -- Epilogue: summing up.
• Sommario/riassunto: Part I. Introduction and Biographies 1. David H. Hubel 2. Torsten N. Wiesel Part II. Background to Our Research 3. Cortical Neurophysiology in the 1950's 4. The Group at Johns Hopkins 5. The Move from Hopkins to Harvard 6. The New Department Part III. Normal Physiology and Anatomy 7. Our First Paper, on Cat Cortex, 1959 8. Recordings from Fibers in the Monkey Optic Nerve 9. Recordings from Cells in the Cat Lateral Geniculate 10. Our Major Paper on Cat Striate Cortex, 1962 11. Recordings from the Cat Prestriate Areas, 18 and 19 12. Survey of the Monkey Lateral Geniculate Body--A F