Size-discrimination deficit in primates with inferotemporal lesions

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 9 - Trang 511-512 - 2013
Linda Olson1, Robert W. Leary1, Richard F. Thompson2
1University of Oregon, Eugene, USA
2University of Oregon Medical School, Eugene, USA

Tóm tắt

Four species of testwise monkeys with extensive ablations of posterior neocortex (including inferotemporal tissue) were impaired in a size discrimination problem. The deficit, which was persistent after 1200 trials and two testing procedures may be attributed to a loss in ability to classify visual information.

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