biostudies-literatureQiu FTNEI NIH HHS283-4https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC1820980biostudies-literatureUnknown10(3)Perceptual transparency is a surprising phenomenon in which a number of regions of different shades organize into overlaying transparent objects. We recorded single neuron responses from Macaca mulatta area V2 to a display of two bright and two dark squares that appeared as two overlaying bars. We found that neurons assign border ownership according to the transparent interpretation, representing the shapes of the bars rather than the squares.Nature neuroscienceNeural representation of transparent overlay.PMC1820980R01 EY016281R01 EY02966R01 EY016281-03R01 EY002966Qiu FTvon der Heydt RfalseNeural representation of transparent overlay.Perceptual transparency is a surprising phenomenon in which a number of regions of different shades organize into overlaying transparent objects. We recorded single neuron responses from Macaca mulatta area V2 to a display of two bright and two dark squares that appeared as two overlaying bars. We found that neurons assign border ownership according to the transparent interpretation, representing the shapes of the bars rather than the squares.2007-01-01T00:00:00Z2007 Mar2020-10-31T08:02:53Z2019-03-27T02:03:33ZS-EPMC18209801731024710.1038/nn1853