Side-of-figure selectivity

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Orientation-selective cortical neurons have been found to respond with a higher frequency rate if an edge belongs to the contour of a figure on one side and with a lower frequency rate if it belongs to a figure on the other side [1].

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  1. Craft, Edward; Schütze, Hartmut; Niebur, Ernst; von der Heydt, Rüdiger (2007). "A Neural Model of Figure-Ground Organization". The Journal of Neurophysiology 97: 4310-4326. 
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