Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Linking individual differences in human primary visual cortex to contrast sensitivity around the visual field

  • Marc M. Himmelberg,
  • Jonathan Winawer,
  • Marisa Carrasco

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31041-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

Read online

Organization of cortical maps contributes to perception. Here the authors show that across observers, the size of primary visual cortex and localized cortical magnification correlate with contrast sensitivity.