Tanaka K
The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Saitama, Japan.
Annu Rev Neurosci. 1996;19:109-39. doi: 10.1146/annurev.ne.19.030196.000545.
Cells in area TE of the inferotemporal cortex of the monkey brain selectively respond to various moderately complex object features, and those that cluster in a columnar region that runs perpendicular to the cortical surface respond to similar features. Although cells within a column respond to similar features, their selectivity is not necessarily identical. The data of optical imaging in TE have suggested that the borders between neighboring columns are not discrete; a continuous mapping of complex feature space within a larger region contains several partially overlapped columns. This continuous mapping may be used for various computations, such as production of the image of the object at different viewing angles, illumination conditions, and articulation poses.
猴脑颞下皮质TE区的细胞选择性地对各种中等复杂程度的物体特征做出反应，那些聚集在垂直于皮质表面的柱状区域中的细胞对相似特征做出反应。尽管一个柱状区域内的细胞对相似特征做出反应，但其选择性不一定相同。TE区的光学成像数据表明，相邻柱状区域之间的边界并非离散的；在一个更大区域内复杂特征空间的连续映射包含几个部分重叠的柱状区域。这种连续映射可用于各种计算，比如生成物体在不同视角、光照条件和关节姿势下的图像。
