Chapter 5: The Visual System

Question 1

egocentric localization

Answer 1

The representatiion of pace in a body-centred oordinate system (e.g., The cup is to my right).

Question 2

allocentric localization

Answer 2

The representation of space in an environment-centered coordinate system (e.g., The cup is on the table).

Question 3

double dissociation of function

Answer 3

A pattern f results in which damage to area A affects performance n task X, but no on task Y; whereas damage to area B affects performance on task Y, but not on task X.

Question 4

anoxia

Answer 4

Deprivation of oxygen to brain tissue

Question 5

viral encephalitis

Answer 5

Acute inflammation of the brain due to viral infection.

Question 6

invariant

Answer 6

The property of not responding to changes along a particular dimension.

Question 7

fundus

Answer 7

The “bottom” of a sulcus, where its two banks meet.

Question 8

binding problem

Answer 8

The fact that anatomically discrete parts of the brain encode what an object is vs. where it is, yet our perception is of an object occupying (i.e., “bound to”) a location.

Question 9

superior temporal polysensory area (STP)

Answer 9

Th region in the superior temporal gyrus of the monkey that receives inputs from visual, auditory, and somatosenory regions, and in which many neurons respond to more than one sensory modality.

Question 10

type vs. token

Answer 10

These two words are used to distinguish a category of stimulus (e.g., the category of faces) from a specific exemplar from within that category (e.g., my father’s face).

Question 11

phylogeny

Answer 11

The evolutionary history of organismal lineage.

Question 12

ontogeny

Answer 12

The development of an organism; in the case of vertebrates, from fertilization through birth and the entirety of the lifespan.