Neural Processing And Perception

Question 1

Lateral inhibition

Answer 1

Inhibition transmitted across retina

Question 2

What helps explain lateral inhibition?

Answer 2

Hermann Grid and Simultaneous Contrast

Question 3

Visual pathway

Answer 3

Retina ➡️ Optic nerve ➡️ Lateral Geniculate Nucleus ➡️ V1 ➡️ dorsal/ventral pathways (temporal/parietal lobe) ➡️ frontal lobe

Question 4

Role of LGN

Answer 4

Regulate neural information from retina to V1

Question 5

Cells in LGN have what kind of organization?

Answer 5

Center-surround

Question 6

Cells in V1

Answer 6

Simple, complex, and end-stopped

Question 7

Simple cells

Answer 7

Orientation detectors

Question 8

Complex cells

Answer 8

Respond to orientations and movements of a certain kind

Question 9

End-stopped cells

Answer 9

Respond to corners, angles, or bars with specific length and movement

Question 10

Neural plasticity

Answer 10

Ability for neurons to adapt in the long term to different environments and experiences

Question 11

Damage to the inferotemporal (IT) cortex can cause…

Answer 11

Prosopagnosia

Question 12

Specificity coding

Answer 12

Theory that specific neurons only respond to specific stimuli and no other objects

Question 13

Distributed Coding

Answer 13

Theory that pattern of firing across many neurons codes specific objects