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Review
. 2014 Nov 6:5:1223.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01223. eCollection 2014.

Contributions of cortical feedback to sensory processing in primary visual cortex

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Contributions of cortical feedback to sensory processing in primary visual cortex

Lucy S Petro et al. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

Closing the structure-function divide is more challenging in the brain than in any other organ (Lichtman and Denk, 2011). For example, in early visual cortex, feedback projections to V1 can be quantified (e.g., Budd, 1998) but the understanding of feedback function is comparatively rudimentary (Muckli and Petro, 2013). Focusing on the function of feedback, we discuss how textbook descriptions mask the complexity of V1 responses, and how feedback and local activity reflects not only sensory processing but internal brain states.

Keywords: V1; electrophsyiology; fMRI; feedback; vision.

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