Phase‐disparity coding in extrastriate area 19 of the cat

Binocular interactions were investigated in area 19 of the anaesthetized cat using dichoptically presented phase‐shifted static spatial frequency gratings that flickered at a fixed temporal rate. More than two‐thirds of the binocular cells showed phase specificity to static phase disparities leading to either summation or facilitation interactions. This proportion of spatial disparity selectivity was higher than that shown for the same area (one‐third of the units) when drifting light bars or drifting spatial frequencies were used to create disparities. The range of phase disparities encoded by binocular cells in area 19 is inversely related to the optimal spatial frequency of the dominant eye. Thus, cells in this area are tuned to coarse spatial disparities which, as supported by behavioural studies, could reflect its involvement in the analysis of stereoscopic pattern having gross disparities but devoid of motion cues. Because of the nature of its interconnections with numerous visual cortical areas, area 19 could serve as a way station where stereoscopic information could be first analysed and sent to other higher order areas for a complete representation of three‐dimensional objects.

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