Spiral motion selective neurons in area MSTd contribute to judgments of heading

• Main Authors: Xu, Hong, Wallisch, Pascal, Bradley, David C.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Human anatomy and physiology::Neurobiology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107162; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25364
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Self-motion generates patterns of optic flow on the retina. Neurons in the dorsal part of the medial superior temporal area (MSTd) are selective for these optic flow patterns. It has been shown that neurons in this area that are selective for expanding optic flow fields are involved in heading judgm...