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Hubel and Wiesel1 have shown that many neurones in the cat's striate cortex respond specifically to short black or white lines at particular orientations. A series of experiments by me, using psychophysical methods, supports the hypothesis that similar ‘filter’ units (FF) are to be found in the human visual system.
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ANDREWS, D. Perception of Contours in the Central Fovea. Nature 205, 1218–1220 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2051218a0
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