Binocular disparity can explain the orientation of ocular dominance stripes in primate V1

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dc.creatorChklovskii, Dmitri B.
dc.date1999-06-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:13:41Z
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dc.descriptionIn the primate primary visual area (V1), the ocular dominance pattern consists of alternating monocular stripes. Stripe orientation follows systematic trends preserved across several species. I propose that these trends result from minimizing the length of intra-cortical wiring needed to recombine information from the two eyes in order to achieve the perception of depth. I argue that the stripe orientation at any point of V1 should follow the direction of binocular disparity in the corresponding point of the visual field. The optimal pattern of stripes determined from this argument agrees with the ocular dominance pattern of macaque and Cebus monkeys. This theory predicts that for any point in the visual field the limits of depth perception are greatest in the direction along the ocular dominance stripes at that point.
dc.description8 pages, 7 figures, submitted to Vision Research
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9906208
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9906208
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/29394
dc.subjectDisordered Systems and Neural Networks
dc.subjectBiological Physics
dc.subjectQuantitative Biology
dc.titleBinocular disparity can explain the orientation of ocular dominance stripes in primate V1
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