From neurons to psychophysics Flashcards
Desired learning outcomes Describe the relationship between stimulus amplitude, graded receptor potentials and spike frequency in sensory neurons Explain psychometric functions and the methods and data used to obtain them Distinguish absolute threshold and difference threshold and explain how they may be estimated from a psychometric function Explain the concept of psychophysical correlation and evaluate its applicability to the study of higher perceptual and cognitive functions
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