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Motion perception is learned, not innate

Nature Neuroscience volume 9, pages 591–592 (2006)Cite this article

Visual cortex neurons are arranged into maps according to their response selectivity. Ocular dominance and orientation selectivity maps can develop without visual experience. Unexpectedly, the direction selectivity map requires visual input during a critical period, as later visual experience cannot rescue the direction selectivity map in dark-reared ferrets.

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Figure 1: Nature and nurture in development and plasticity of orientation and direction maps in the primary visual cortex.

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