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 lies obliquely across the receptive field.
This answer is incorrect. Light falls on both the excitatory and inhibitory regions
of receptive field, thus, the overall response will be less than ideal.
(Coren,
Ward, & Enns, 1994).
Return to: Receptive Field Tutorial; Main tutorial page.
John H. Krantz, Ph.D.
krantzj@hanover.edu