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Nature Neuroscience 9, 302 (2006)
doi:10.1038/nn0306-302b

Perceived size matters

Philipp Sterzer & Geraint Rees

The authors are in the Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, University College London, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK and at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK. g.rees@fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk

Activity in early visual processing areas is often thought to reflect physical input from the retina, rather than conscious perception. A new study now finds that activity in V1 corresponds to perceived rather than actual object size.

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