Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Comparing retinotopic maps of children and adults reveals a late-stage change in how V1 samples the visual field

  • Marc M. Himmelberg,
  • Ekin Tünçok,
  • Jesse Gomez,
  • Kalanit Grill-Spector,
  • Marisa Carrasco,
  • Jonathan Winawer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37280-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Many properties of human primary visual cortex (V1) are ‘adult-like’ by childhood. Here, using fMRI, the authors show that V1 of children and adults differentially sample the visual field, indicating a late-stage change in cortical organization.