The human primary visual cortex (V1) encodes the perceived position of static but not moving objects.

ABSTRACT: Brain activity in retinotopic cortex reflects illusory changes in stimulus position. Is this neural signature a general code for apparent position? Here we show that responses in primary visual cortex (V1) are consistent with perception of the Muller-Lyer illusion; however, we found no such signature for another striking illusion, the curveball effect. This demonstrates that V1 does not encode apparent position per se.

SUBMITTER: Ho ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8888673 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature