Shift in Binocular Disparity Causes Compensatory Change in the Cortical Structure of Kittens
- 13 August 1971
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 173 (3997), 638-641
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.173.3997.638
Abstract
Kittens were raised with prisms in front of their eyes which introduced a vertical disparity. At 4 months of age the disparity necessary to maximally stimulate a sample of binocular cortical cells was determined. The distribution of optimal disparities was abnormal, and shifted in a direction which would tend to compensate for the prism-induced disparity.Keywords
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