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Nature 205, 1218 - 1220 (20 March 1965); doi:10.1038/2051218a0

Perception of Contours in the Central Fovea

D. P. ANDREWS

Department of Communication, University of Keele, Staffordshire.

Hubel and Wiesel1 have shown that many neurones in the cat's striate cortex respond specifically to short black or white lines at particular orientations. A series of experiments by me, using psychophysical methods, supports the hypothesis that similar 'filter' units (FF) are to be found in the human visual system.

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