How does the brain encode information about the environment? Decades of research have
led to the pervasive notion that the object-processing pathway in primate cortex consists of …

Functional maps arise in developing visual cortex as response selectivities become
organized into columnar patterns of population activity. Recent studies of developing …

Visual neurons respond selectively to features that become increasingly complex from the
eyes to the cortex. Retinal neurons prefer flashing spots of light, primary visual cortical (V1) …

The onset of vision occurs when neural circuits in the visual cortex are immature, lacking
both the full complement of connections, and the response selectivity that defines functional …

Compelling behavioral evidence suggests that humans can make optimal decisions despite
the uncertainty inherent in perceptual or motor tasks. A key question in neuroscience is how …

Adverse early life experiences can have remarkably enduring negative consequences on
mental health, with numerous, varied psychiatric conditions sharing this developmental …

Our assignment was to review the development of the face-processing network, an
assignment that carries the presupposition that a face-specific developmental program …

Development of orientation maps in ferret and cat primary visual cortex (V1) has been
shown to be stable, in that the earliest measurable maps are similar in form to the eventual …

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

In this article, we review functional organization in sensory cortical regions—how the cortex
represents the world. We consider four interrelated aspects of cortical organization:(1) the …