Automatic Detection of Orientation Contrast Occurs at Early but Not Earliest Stages of Visual Cortical Processing in Humans

Orientation contrast is formed when some elements orient differently from their surroundings. Although orientation contrast can be processed in the absence of top-down attention, the underlying neural mechanism for this automatic processing in humans is controversial. In particular, whether automati...

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Main Authors: Yanfen Zhen, Duo Li, Ran Ding, Zili Huang, Zhe Qu, Yulong Ding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00369/full