ABSTRACT
One approach to the study of human spatial vision is through psychophysical experiments designed to explore the way in which we see spatial patterns. Another approach can be made through a study of the physiological mechanisms that underlie visual perception and it is this latter approach we shall adopt here. In particular, we shall look at some of the things that have been found out about the physiology of the visual system by studying the behavior of individual nerve cells at different stations along the main visual pathway from the retina through to the visual cortex.
