Filling In

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The best example of filling-in involves the blind spot, a region of the retina devoid of photoreceptors. Remarkably, the region of visual space corresponding to the blind spot is not perceived as a dark region in space, but instead as having the same color and texture as the surrounding background; hence the expression "filling in." While this type of perceptual completion phenomenon is common in the visual domain, it is argued by the leading scientists who contribute to this book that forms of filling-in also take place in other sensory modalities, including the auditory, somatosensory, and motor systems. In a concluding chapter an integrative approach is taken, which attempts to provide a common framework for completion phenomena occurring on a fast time scale, and cortical reorganization in sensory and motor cortex induced by peripheral damage or skill learning taking place on a slower time scale. It is proposed that systematic changes in the interplay between inhibitory and excitatory inputs permit cortical neurons to become driven by new sources of input, which, in addition to initial perceptual consequences can lead to a long-term structural reorganization of cortex. This book represents a truly interdisciplinary approach to neuroscience, with chapters covering computational modeling, visual psychophysics, functional brain imaging, single-cell physiology, and clinical patient cases. It will be of interest to researchers and graduate students in systems neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, vision science, neuroimaging, perceptual psychology, computational neuroscience, and philosophy of mind.

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Genre : Medical
Author : Luiz Pessoa
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Release : 2003-02-27
File : 369 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780198032137


Sand Filling In Stopes

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Genre : Copper mines and mining
Author : Eugene Delos Gardner
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Release : 1921
File : 2 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015086555375


British Journal Of Dental Science

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Genre : Dentistry
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Release : 1869
File : 568 Pages
ISBN-13 : NWU:35558003801079


Reports Of Cases Heard And Determined By The Supreme Court Of South Carolina

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Genre : Law reports, digests, etc
Author : South Carolina. Supreme Court
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Release : 1878
File : 572 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:35112102804863


Annual Report Of The Department Of The Interior

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Genre : Public lands
Author : United States. Department of the Interior
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Release : 1917
File : 910 Pages
ISBN-13 : OSU:32435063997894


Montgomery County Law Reporter

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Genre : Law reports, digests, etc
Author : Freeland Gotwalts Hobson
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Release : 1886
File : 246 Pages
ISBN-13 : CORNELL:31924106622487


Proceedings

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Genre : Education
Author : Chicago (Ill.). Board of Education
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Release : 1884
File : 328 Pages
ISBN-13 : UIUC:30112076267803


Providence City Documents

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Author : Providence (R.I.)
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Release : 1884
File : 1362 Pages
ISBN-13 : CHI:097361625


The Dental Register

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Genre : Dentistry
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Release : 1874
File : 548 Pages
ISBN-13 : UCAL:B4813804


Annual Report Of The Board Of Managers Of The New York Produce Exchange

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Author : New York Produce Exchange
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Release : 1893
File : 538 Pages
ISBN-13 : CHI:105238625