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Role of the color-opponent and broad-band channels in vision

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2009

Peter H. Schiller ,
Nikos K. Logothetis  and
Eliot R. Charles
Peter H. Schiller
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Nikos K. Logothetis
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Eliot R. Charles
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
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Abstract

The functions of the primate color-opponent and broad-band channels were assessed by examining the visual capacities of rhesus monkeys following selective lesions of parvocellular and magnocellular lateral geniculate nucleus, which respectively relay these two channels to the cortex. Parvocellular lesions impaired color vision, high spatial-frequency form vision, and fine stereopsis. Magnocellular lesions impaired high temporal- frequency flicker and motion perception but produced no deficits in stereopsis. Low spatial-frequency form vision, stereopsis, and brightness perception were unaffected by either lesion. Much as the rods and cones of the retina can be thought of as extending the range of vision in the intensity domain, we propose that the color-opponent channel extends visual capacities in the wavelength and spatial-frequency domains whereas the broad-band channel extends them in the temporal domain.

Keywords

Parallel pathwaysVisual capacityColor-opponent cellsBroad-band cells
Type
Research Article
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Visual Neuroscience , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , October 1990 , pp. 321 - 346
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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