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Direction Selectivity

Direction Selectivity is a neurophysiological property of certain visual neurons that respond preferentially to motion in a specific direction while exhibiting reduced or inhibited responses to motion in the opposite direction.

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Directional Selectivity

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Functional properties of neurons in middle temporal visual area of the macaque monkey. I. Selectivity for stimulus direction, speed, and orientation

John H. R. Maunsell, David C. Van Essen · Journal of Neurophysiology · 1983 · 1.5K citations

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Theory of orientation tuning in visual cortex.

Rani Ben-Yishai, Ruth Lev Bar‐Or, Haim Sompolinsky · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1995 · 1.1K citations

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Direction and orientation selectivity of neurons in visual area MT of the macaque

Thomas D. Albright · Journal of Neurophysiology · 1984 · 1.1K citations

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A relationship between behavioral choice and the visual responses of neurons in macaque MT

Kenneth H. Britten, William T. Newsome, Michael N. Shadlen et al. · Visual Neuroscience · 1996 · 1.1K citations

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Neural Correlates of Reaching Decisions in Dorsal Premotor Cortex: Specification of Multiple Direction Choices and Final Selection of Action

Paul Cisek, John Kalaska · Neuron · 2005 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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  1. GA
    Guy A. Orban

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    28 publications · 3.1K citations

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  2. UT
    Ulf T. Eysel

    Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

    12 publications · 840 citations

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  3. JA
    J. Anthony Movshon

    New York University, United States

    12 publications · 2.1K citations

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  4. TP
    Tatiana Pasternak

    University of Rochester, United States

    12 publications · 379 citations

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  5. AB
    Alexander Borst

    Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany

    12 publications · 960 citations

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609

  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    31 h-index

    108 publications

    11.9K citations

  2. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    28 h-index

    77 publications

    10.9K citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    28 h-index

    59 publications

    5.3K citations

  4. Ruhr University Bochum

    Bochum, Germany

    22 h-index

    60 publications

    3.6K citations

  5. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    21 h-index

    73 publications

    9K citations

  6. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    21 h-index

    47 publications

    6.2K citations

  7. New York University

    New York, United States

    20 h-index

    81 publications

    8K citations

  8. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    17 h-index

    38 publications

    1.4K citations

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  1. Journal of Neurophysiology

    JN · 174 publications · 19.8K citations

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  2. Journal of Neuroscience

    123 publications · 17.8K citations

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  3. Vision Research

    72 publications · 5.9K citations

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  4. Visual Neuroscience

    VMS · 60 publications · 4.1K citations

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  5. Nature

    29 publications · 7.1K citations

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