The surface area of human V1 predicts the subjective experience of object size

The surface area of human primary visual cortex (V1) varies substantially between individuals for unknown reasons. Here, we show that this variability is strongly and negatively correlated with the magnitude of two common visual illusions, where two physically identical objects appear different in s...

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Autores principales: Schwarzkopf, D. Samuel, Song, Chen, Rees, Geraint
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3012031/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21131954
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn.2706
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description The surface area of human primary visual cortex (V1) varies substantially between individuals for unknown reasons. Here, we show that this variability is strongly and negatively correlated with the magnitude of two common visual illusions, where two physically identical objects appear different in size due to their context. Because such illusions dissociate conscious perception from physical stimulation, our findings indicate that the surface area of V1 predicts variability in conscious experience.
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spelling pubmed-30120312011-07-01 The surface area of human V1 predicts the subjective experience of object size Schwarzkopf, D. Samuel Song, Chen Rees, Geraint Nat Neurosci Article The surface area of human primary visual cortex (V1) varies substantially between individuals for unknown reasons. Here, we show that this variability is strongly and negatively correlated with the magnitude of two common visual illusions, where two physically identical objects appear different in size due to their context. Because such illusions dissociate conscious perception from physical stimulation, our findings indicate that the surface area of V1 predicts variability in conscious experience. 2010-12-05 2011-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3012031/ /pubmed/21131954 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn.2706 Text en Users may view, print, copy, download and text and data- mine the content in such documents, for the purposes of academic research, subject always to the full Conditions of use: http://www.nature.com/authors/editorial_policies/license.html#terms
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