Comparison of the effects of inferotemporal and lateral occipital lesions on visually guided behavior in monkeys.

Abstract

"Three monkeys with lateral striate lesions, three with inferotemporal lesions, and three unoperated controls were trained on a series of eight visual tasks. Four of the tasks differentiated between the operated groups, the differences being in the opposite directions for two pairs of tests . . ‥ The results favor a theory which views the two 'visual areas' as interdependent but which grants priority in acuity functions to the striate cortex while emphasizing the importance of the inferotemporal cortex for visual functions related to learning." From Psyc Abstracts 36:01:1DC10W. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)