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Lateral Inhibition between Orientation Detectors in the Human Visual System

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Experiment has shown that two lines of different orientation interact with each other so that they seem to be displaced from one another in orientation. This could be explained in terms of mutual inhibition between neighbouring columns in the visual cortex.

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BLAKEMORE, C., CARPENTER, R. & GEORGESON, M. Lateral Inhibition between Orientation Detectors in the Human Visual System. Nature 228, 37–39 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228037a0

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