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