CORTICAL MECHANISMS FOR VISUAL-PERCEPTION OF OBJECT MOTION AND POSITION IN-SPACE

The present review is aimed at analyzing and discussing some of the co rtical mechanisms possibly involved in the perception of object motion and object localization in the visual held. A comprehensive approach to these topics would be beyond the scope of this work. The highest pr iority, therefore, will be given to the cortical machinery involved in these processes, while very little (or nothing at all) will be said o n the possible role played by subcortical structures such as the later al geniculate nucleus and the superior colliculus which, albeit not di rectly involved in perception, might contribute to it.