Some Problems of Information Transmission in the Visual System

As an addition to the review of Dr. Granit on the neurophysiology of the visual system, I should like to treat some special problems of information transmission in this system which might have some bearing on the general problems how the brain handles information. This presentation is based on material collected in our laboratory during the last years and which has been published recently.

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