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SUBMITTER: Boyaci H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1931490 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Current biology : CB 20070601 11
Lightness is the apparent reflectance of a surface, and it depends not only on the actual luminance of the surface but also on the context in which the surface is viewed [1-10]. The cortical mechanisms of lightness processing are largely unknown, and the role of early cortical areas is still a matter of debate [11-17]. We studied the cortical responses to lightness variations in early stages of the human visual system with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while observers were perform ...[more]