Deterministic reductive monism and non-reductive substance dualism are two opposite
views for consciousness, and both have serious problems. An alternative view is needed …

Abstract Development of the selective response properties that define columns in sensory
cortex is thought to begin early in cortical maturation, without the need for experience. We …

The cerebellum evolved in association with the electric sense and vestibular sense of the
earliest vertebrates. Accurate information provided by these sensory systems would have …

To elucidate the effect of visual experience on the development of orientation maps, we
conducted intrinsic signal optical imaging of the visual cortex of kittens that were …

In this paper we present a new model for the generation of orientation preference maps in
the primary visual cortex (V1), considering both orientation and scale features. First we …

Orientation selectivity of primary visual cortical neurons is an important requisite for shape
perception. Although numerous studies have been previously devoted to a question of how …

It has been widely accepted that ocular dominance in the responses of visual cortical
neurons can change depending on visual experience in a postnatal period. However …

Voltage-sensitive dye imaging experiments in primary visual cortex (V1) have shown that
local, oriented visual stimuli elicit stable orientation-selective activation within the stimulus …

Humans and other organisms show an incredibly sophisticated ability to learn about their
environments during their lifetimes. This learning is thought to alter the strength of …

To date, numerous mathematical models have been proposed on the basis of some types of
Hebbian synaptic learning to account for the activity-dependent development of orientation …