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: The receptive field with the central field filled with a white stimulus.
This answer is incorrect. The central region is inhibitory as indicated by the
minus sign in the region. Thus, light falling on this region will reduce the firing
rate and not increase it.
(Coren, Ward, & Enns, 1994).
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John H. Krantz, Ph.D.
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