Visual system part 2 Flashcards
ant; post in primary visual cortex
Peripheral vision; Central vision
expanded cortical representation
Central vision
goes through macula
and has expanded cortical representation
Central vision
most area 17 neurons have a preference for input
from one eye)(monocular)
Axons from LGN course to the primary visual cortex (area 17) and synapse on
layer IV neurons.
monocular; binocular
Layer IV neurons; Layer II/III, V and VI neurons
simple and complex cell
area 17
orientation of a line.
simple cell
may be direction sensitive or respond best to a corner, cross or x.
Complex cells
Cell column that prefer the same line orientation
Orientation Column
Cell clusters that respond to color
Color-Sensitive Region
wavelength sensitive
Color-Sensitive Region
Cell column that respond to input from either the R or L eye OR in the case of binocular cell, have a strong preference for the R or L eye
Ø Ocular Dominance Column
Hypercolumn
refer to a set of orientation and ocular dominance columns that receive input from a given point in the visual field
Primary visual cortex
projects to extrastriate visual areas where neurons require complex stimuli for maximal activation
Primary visual cortex respond to
fundamental aspect of a visual stimulus (orientation, contrast, motion, color, eye of origin)
Dorsal (“M”) Stream
where
perception of motion
posterior parietal association cortex
(from Dorsal (“M”) Stream)