Sensory Coding and Vision Flashcards
1
Q
Recording method that can measure membrane potentials
A
Intracellular recording
2
Q
Type of recording that involves inserting an electrode in an animal’s head
A
Electrophysiological recording
3
Q
Type of recording that does not involve an electrode, includes Calcium imaging
A
Optical Recording
4
Q
Molecule that lights up once binded to calcium
A
Calcium indicator
5
Q
The region of sensory space in which a stimulus will modify that firing of a neuron
A
Receptive Field
6
Q
Information coded by a spike rate
A
Rate code
7
Q
Information coded by spike timing
A
Temporal code
8
Q
That theory that touch information from adjacent parts of the body are represented in adjacent parts of the cortex
A
Cortical map
9
Q
The electric potential recorded in the extracellular space in brain tissue
A
Local Field Potential
