Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

Proscription supports robust perceptual integration by suppression in human visual cortex

  • Reuben Rideaux,
  • Andrew E. Welchman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03400-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Perception relies on information integration but it is unclear how the brain decides which information to integrate and which to keep separate. Here, the authors develop and test a biologically inspired model of cue-integration, implicating a key role for GABAergic proscription in robust perception.