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Figure-Ground Organization in Visual Cortex for Natural Scenes

Jonathan R. Williford and Rüdiger von der Heydt
eNeuro 15 December 2016, 3 (6) ENEURO.0127-16.2016; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0127-16.2016
Jonathan R. Williford
1Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, 1105 BA Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Rüdiger von der Heydt
2Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0127-16.2016
PubMed 
28058269
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History 
  • Received May 13, 2016
  • Revision received November 30, 2016
  • Accepted December 2, 2016
  • Published online December 15, 2016.
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Copyright © 2016 Williford and von der Heydt This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.

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  1. Jonathan R. Williford1 and
  2. Rüdiger von der Heydt2
  1. 1Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, 1105 BA Amsterdam, Netherlands
  2. 2Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218
  1. Correspondence should be addressed to Jonathan R. Williford, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Meibergdreef 47, 1105 BA Amsterdam, Netherlands. E-mail: jonathan.r.williford{at}gmail.com.
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  1. Author Contributions: JRW: designed research, performed research, analyzed data, wrote the paper. RVDH: designed research, analyzed data, wrote the paper.

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  • Authors report no conflict of interest.

  • Office of Naval Research, National Institutes of Health.

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