12 Sept. 2001
Historical
Holmes, G. (1918) DISTURBANCES OF VISION BY CEREBRAL LESIONS
The British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2, 353-384.
This article was the first to establish retinotopic mapping of visual cortex, based on perceptual pathologies associated with gunshot wounds in Wordl War I.
Savoy, R. L. (2001).History and future directions of human brain mapping and functional neuroimaging. Acta Psychologica, 107, 9-42
This is an informal and informative overview of brain imaging mthods.
Retinotopic Mapping Methods
Engel, S. A., Glover, G. H., Wandell, B. A. (1997). Retinotopic Organization in Human Visual Cortex and the Spatial Precision of Functional MRI. Cerebral Cortex, 7, 181-192
Wandell, B. A., Chial, S., Backus, B. T. (2000). Visualization and Measurement of the Cortical Surface. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 12, 739-752.
Tootell, R. B., Hadjikhani, N. K., Vanduffel, W., Liu, A. K., Mendola, J. D., Sereno, M. I. & Dale, A. M. (1998). Functional analysis of primary visual cortex (V1) in humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 95, 811-7.
Duong, T.Q., Silva, A.C., Lee, S.P., & Kim, S.G. (2000). Functional MRI of calcium-dependent synaptic activity: cross correlation with CBF and BOLD measurements. Magn Reson Med, 43 (3), 383-392.
Kim, D.S., Duong, T.Q., & Kim, S.G. (2000). High-resolution mapping of iso-orientation columns by fMRI. Nat Neurosci, 3 (2), 164-169.
Attentional Modulation in Visual Cortex
Brefczynski J. & DeYoe E (1999). A physiological correlate of the "spotlight" of visual attention. Nature Neurosci. 2, 370-374.
Gandhi, SP, Heeger, DJ, Boynton, GM (1999) Spatial attention affects brain activity in human primary visual cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 96, 3314-3319.
Lamme, V.A. (2001). Blindsight: the role of feedforward and feedback corticocortical connections. Acta Psychol (Amst), 107 (1-3), 209-228.
Ress, D, Backus, BT, Heeger, DJ (2000).Activity in primary visual cortex predicts performance in a visual detection task. Nature Neuroscience, 3, no. 9, pages 940-945.
Somers, D. C., Dale, A. M., Seiffert, A. E. & Tootell, R. B. (1999). Functional MRI reveals spatially specific attentional modulation in human primary visual cortex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 96, 1663-8.
Super, H., Spekreijse, H., & Lamme, V.A. (2001). Two distinct modes of sensory processing observed in monkey primary visual cortex (V1). Nat Neurosci, 4 (3), 304-310.
Abnormal Retinotopic Mapping and Cross-Modal Mapping in Visual Cortex
Morland, A. B., Baseler, H. A., Hoffmann, M. B., Sharpe, L. T., Wandell, B. A. (2001). Abnormal retinotopic representations in human visual cortex revealed by fMRI. Acta Psychologica, Vol. 107, pp. 229-247.
Kujala, T., Alho, K., Naatanen, R. (2000). Cross-modal reorganization of human cortical functions. Trends in Neuroscience, 23, 115-120.
The Kujala article provides a review. We could read some of the original papers in this area as well.
Dyslexia
Demb, J. B., Boynton, G. M., Heeger, D. J. (1998). Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Early Visual Pathways in Dyslexia. The Journal of Neuroscience, 18, 6939-6951
Demb, J., Boynton, G., Best, M. & Heeger, D.(1998). Psychophysical evidence for a magnocellular pathway deficit in dyslexia. Vision Research Vol. 38 No. 11 pp.1555-1559
Contrast Coding in Visual Cortex
Boynton, G., Demb, J., Glover, G., & Heeger, D. (1999). Neuronal basis of contrast discrimination. Vision Research Vol. 39 pp. 257-269.
Visual Cortex: Basic physiology and functional anatomy
Hubel, D. H. & Wiesel, T. N. (1968). Receptive Fields and Functional Architecture of Monkey Striate Cortex. J. Physiol., 215-243.
Merigan, W., Freeman, A. & Meyers, S. P. (1997). Parallel processing streams in human visual cortex. Neuroreport, 8, 3985-3991.
Van Essen, D. C. & Gallant, J. L. (1994). Neural mechanisms of form and motion processing in the primate visual system. Neuron, 13, 1-10.
Perceptual Organization & Visual Cortex
Larsson, J., Amunts, K., Gulyas, B., Malikovic, A., Zilles, K. & Roland, P. E. (1999). Neuronal correlates of real and illusory contour perception: functional anatomy with PET. European Journal of Neuroscience, 11, 4024-4036.
Lee, T.S., & Nguyen, M. (2001). Dynamics of subjective contour formation in the early visual cortex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 98 (4), 1907-1911.
Sigman, M., & Gilbert, C.D. (2000). Learning to find a shape. Nat Neurosci, 3 (3), 264-269.
Zipser, K., Lamme, V.A.F., & Schiller, P.H. (1996). Contextual modulation in Primary Visual Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 16 (22), 7376-7389.
Natural images & Early visual processing
Bell, A. J. & Sejnowski, T. J. (1997). The "independent components" of natural scenes are edge filters. Vision Res, 37, 3327-38.
Gallant, J. L., Connor, C. E. & Van Essen, D. C. (1998). Neural activity in areas V1, V2 and V4 during free viewing of natural scenes compared to controlled viewing [corrected and republished article originally printed in Neuroreport 1998 Jan 5;9(1):85-90]. Neuroreport, 9, 2153-8.
Knill, D. C., Field, D. & Kersten, D. (1990). Human discrimination of fractal images. Journal of the Optical Society of America, A, 7, 1113-1123.
Nothdurft, H. C., Gallant, J. L. & Van Essen, D. C. (1999). Response modulation by texture surround in primate area V1: correlates of "popout" under anesthesia. Vis Neurosci, 16, 15-34.
Olshausen, B. A. & Field, D. J. (1996). Emergence of simple-cell receptive field properties by learning a sparse code for natural images. Nature, 381, 607-609.
Vinje, W. E. & Gallant, J. L. (2000). Sparse coding and decorrelation in primary visual cortex during natural vision. Science, 287, 1273-6.
Regan, B.C., Julliot, C., Simmen, B., Vienot, F., Charles-Dominique, P., & Mollon, J.D. (2001). Fruits, foliage and the evolution of primate colour vision. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 356 (1407), 229-283.
Sigman, M., Cecchi, G.A., Gilbert, C.D., & Magnasco, M.O. (2001). On a common circle: natural scenes and Gestalt rules. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 98 (4), 1935-1940.
Webster, M.A., & Mollon, J.D. (1997). Adaptation and the color statistics of natural images. Vision Res, 37 (23), 3283-3298.
Adaptation
Barlow, H. (1990). Conditions for versatile learning, Helmholtz's
unconscious inference, and the task of perception. Vision Research, 30, 1561-1572.
Barlow, H.B., Macleod, D.I., & van Meeteren, A. (1976). Adaptation to gratings: no compensatory advantages found. Vision Res, 16 (10), 1043-1045.
Blakemore, C. & Campbell, F. W. (1969). On the existence of neurones in the human visual system selectively sensitive to the orientation and size of retinal images. Journal of Physiology, 203, 237-260.
Carandini, M., Barlow, H. B., O'Keefe, L. P., Poirson, A. B. & Movshon, J. A. (1997). Adaptation to contingencies in macaque primary visual cortex. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 352, 1149-54.
He, S., & MacLeod, D.I. (2001). Orientation-selective adaptation and tilt after-effect from invisible patterns. Nature, 411 (6836), 473-476.
He, S., Cohen, E.R., & Hu, X. (1998). Close correlation between activity in brain area MT/V5 and the perception of a visual motion aftereffect. Curr Biol, 8 (22), 1215-1218.
Wainwright, M. J. (1999). Visual adaptation as optimal information transmission. Vision Research, 39, 3960--3974.
Webster, M. A. & MacLin, O. H. (1999). Figural aftereffects in the perception of faces. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 6, 647-653.
Theory
Barlow, H.B. (1972). Single units and sensation: a neuron doctrine for perceptual psychology? Perception, 1 (4), 371-394.
Barlow, H.B. (1981). The Ferrier Lecture, 1980. Critical limiting factors in the design of the eye and visual cortex. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 212 (1186), 1-34.
Kaas, J.H. (1997). Topographic maps are fundamental to sensory processing. Brain Res Bull, 44 (2), 107-112.
Lamme, V.A., Super, H., & Spekreijse, H. (1998). Feedforward, horizontal, and feedback processing in the visual cortex. Curr Opin Neurobiol, 8 (4), 529-535.
Lee, T.S. (1995). A Bayesian framework for understanding texture segmentation in the primary visual cortex. Vision Research, 35 (18), 2643-2657.
Lee, T.S., Mumford, D., Romero, R., & Lamme, V.A. (1998). The role of the primary visual cortex in higher level vision. Vision Res, 38 (15-16), 2429-2454.
Lennie, P. (1998). Single units and visual cortical organization. Perception, 27 (8), 889-935.
Mumford, D. (1994). Neuronal architectures for pattern-theoretic problems. In C. Koch, & J. L. Davis (Ed.), Large-Scale Neuronal Theories of the Brain. (pp. 125-152). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Plumbley, M.D. (1999). Do cortical maps adapt to optimize information density? Network, 10 (1), 41-58.
Rao, R.P., & Ballard, D.H. (1999). Predictive coding in the visual cortex: a functional interpretation of some extra-classical receptive-field effects [see comments]. Nat Neurosci, 2 (1), 79-87.
Russell, G.S. (1997). Nested reentrant and recurrent computation in early vision: a Bayesian neuromorphic model applied to hyperacuity. Biol Cybern, 76 (3), 195-206.