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标题：Macaque inferior temporal neurons are selective for disparity-defined three-dimensional shapes
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作者：Peter Janssen ; Rufin Vogels ; Guy A. Orban 等
期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：1999
卷号：96
期号：14
页码：8217-8222
DOI：10.1073/pnas.96.14.8217
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：Real-world objects are three-dimensional (3D). Yet, it is unknown whether the neurons of the inferior temporal cortex, which is critical for object recognition, are selective for the 3D shape of objects. We tested for such selectivity by comparing responses to stereo-defined curved 3D shapes derived from identical pairs of monocular images. More than one-third of macaque inferior temporal neurons were selective for 3D shape. In the vast majority of those neurons, this selectivity depended on the global binocular disparity gradient and not on the local disparity. Thus, inferior temporal cortex processes not only two-dimensional but also 3D shape information.