How Does the Striate Cortex Begin the Reconstruction of the Visual World?

The striate cortex transforms the topographic representation of visual space in the lateral geniculate body into a Fourier transform or frequency representation at the complex cell level via the intermediary simple cell stage of "strip integration." Each of these three stages contains essentially the same amount of information, which expresses a conservation of information principle; however, the form of the information is changed. In the transform domain, invariant descriptions of visual objects can be derived to serve as the basic sets required for pattern recognition and memory. We believe that our experimental and theoretical findings are fundamental for understanding the functional organization of the striate cortex.

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