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A model for end-stopping in the visual cortex.

B C Skottun
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A model for end-stopping that requires only excitatory inputs is presented. This model is based on multiplication of the outputs from two orientation tuned and spatial-frequency selective neurons. Computer simulations show that, provided the optimal orientations of the two neurons are sufficiently different, the resulting product will display orientation-independent end-stopping. Neurons simulated in this manner display the main characteristics of actual hypercomplex cells.

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B C Skottun. 1998. A model for end-stopping in the visual cortex.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0042-6989(97)00293-9

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