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NEURON
Volume 39, Issue 3, Pages 555-568Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(03)00459-8
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- NEI NIH HHS [R01 EY016187-01A2, R01 EY013135-04] Funding Source: Medline
- NIBIB NIH HHS [1R01EB00790] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [1R01MH67529] Funding Source: Medline
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Stereopsis, the perception of depth from small differences between the images in the two eyes, provides a rich model for investigating the cortical construction of surfaces and space. Although disparity-tuned cells have been found in a large number of areas in macaque visual cortex, stereoscopic processing in these areas has never been systematically compared using the same stimuli and analysis methods. In order to examine the global architecture of stereoscopic processing in primate visual cortex, we studied fMRI activity in alert, fixating human and macaque subjects. In macaques, we found strongest activation to near/far compared to zero disparity in areas V3, V3A, and CIPS. In humans, we found strongest activation to the same stimuli in areas V3A, V7, the V4d topolog (V4d-topo), and a caudal parietal disparity region (CPDR). Thus, in both primate species a small cluster of areas at the parieto-occipital junction appears to be specialized for stereopsis.
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