Which of the following stimuli will lead to the greatest firing rate in the cell in the striate cortex that is being recorded?
Answer Chosen was: You chose the stimulus that completely fills the central region.
This answer is corret. Light only falls on the excitatory regions and the inhibitory
regions do not receive any light thus the response should be at its maximuml.
(Coren,
Ward, & Enns, 1994).
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