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Linking spread of neural activity and filling-in: A few more arguments in favor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1998

Peter De Weerd
Peter De Weerd
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 pdw@ln.nimh.nih.gov
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Abstract

This commentary sides with Pessoa and his colleagues in arguing that some types of perceptual filling-in are linked with a spread of cortical activity, a hypothesis that has often been rejected on philosophical grounds. Some recent data are discussed that strengthen this linking hypothesis and indicate that a spread of cortical activity may be essential for normal surface perception.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 6 , December 1998 , pp. 754 - 755
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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