Illusory contours activate specific regions in human visual cortex: evidence from functional magnetic resonance imaging.
Hirsch J, DeLaPaz R, Relkin N, Victor J, Kim K, Li T, Borden P, Rubin N, Shapley R. Illusory contours activate specific regions in human visual cortex: evidence from functional magnetic resonance imaging. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1995, 92: 6469-6473. PMID: 7604015, PMCID: PMC41539, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.14.6469.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerceptual grouping operationsIllusory contoursSpecific brain regionsGrouping operationsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingIllusory contour perceptionBrain regionsFunctional magnetic resonanceHuman visual cortexHuman visual systemContour perceptionNeural basisPerceptual contoursVisual stimuliRight hemisphereExtrastriate cortexHuman visionKanizsa squareVisual systemActivated regionsVisual stimulationVisual cortexSimilar inducersContinuous contourCortex