Why do cells compete?

Author(s): Grossberg, S. |

Year: 1982

Citation: UMAP Unit 484, The UMAP Journal, Vol. III, No. 1. (Education Development Center, 0197-3622/82/010101.)

Abstract: This unit introduces current data about brightness constancy and contrast in visual perception, and shows that data of this kind are a consequence of a principle that holds in all cellular systems. Variations on this principle imply other visual properties, such as edge detection, spatial frequency detection, and pattern-matching properties.

Topics: Biological Vision, Models: Other,

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