On the existence of neurones in the human visual system selectively sensitive to the orientation and size of retinal images.

On the existence of neurones in the human visual system selectively sensitive to the orientation and size of retinal images.
Blakemore, C., & Campbell, F.W. (1969)
Journal of Physiology, 203, 203-260

Nominator's statement: This paper opened up a whole new line of research into the field of visual aftereffects.

comments

The paper used the grating adaptation aftereffect as evidence for the existence of spatial-frequency channels in human vision. But the basic idea of channels came earlier from Campbell and Robson (1968).

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