Visual Cortex PSY 370

Simple cells are found exclusively in the primary visual cortex.​ True False

True

The visual path in the parietal cortex is referred to as the ____.​ dorsal stream ventral stream magnocellular pathway parvocellular pathway

dorsal stream

The one additional feature that hypercomplex cells have that complex cells do not is that hypercomplex cells ____.​ respond to their receptive field faster have a strong inhibitory area at one end of the receptive field have receptive fields that are triangular respond to bars of light in more than one orientation

have a strong inhibitory area at one end of the receptive field

Damage to the ventral stream may interfere with ____.​ walking toward something seen reaching to grasp an object perceiving whether the lights are on or off the ability to describe the shape or size of an object

the ability to describe the shape or size of an object

What is the shape of the receptive field to which a simple cell in the primary visual cortex responds?​ circle of a particular radius ​circle with a hole in the middle ​bar in a particular orientation bar of a particular length

​bar in a particular orientation