Sensory Information Processing

Question 1

pathways leading from sensory receptors to

Answer 1

highest level of brain

Question 2

different levels of pathways process the sensory info

Answer 2

in different ways

Question 3

Receptive Fields

Answer 3

part of the environment that a receptor responds to

Question 4

Excitatory center/inhibitory surround

Answer 4

center of receptor field is excitatory while surrounding is inhibitory

Question 5

inhibitory center/excitatory surround

Answer 5

center of receptor field is inhibitory while surround is excitatory

Question 6

Researcher used to think that adult brains

Answer 6

do not go through a significant change due to learning/experience