Directional Movement and Horizontal Edge Detectors in the Pigeon Retina
- 15 November 1963
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 142 (3594), 977-979
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.142.3594.977
Abstract
There are ganglion cells in the pigeon retina that respond selectively, some to any edge moving in a particcular direction only, others to any vertically moving horizontal edge. This selective response to a specific stimulus arises from the selective sensitivity of each neuron to a particular spatiotemporal configuration in its afferent influences, and is independent of specific pathways.Keywords
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