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. 1962 Jan;160(1):106–154.2. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1962.sp006837

Receptive fields, binocular interaction and functional architecture in the cat's visual cortex

D H Hubel, T N Wiesel
PMCID: PMC1359523  PMID: 14449617

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