Striate Cortex

Question 1

Layer 4B of the visual cortex is visible without a microscope. What is this called?

Answer 1

The line of Gennari

Question 2

Recordings from what layer of the visual cortex show similar response to recordings from the LGN and ganglion cells?

Answer 2

Layer 4

Question 3

Which cells are known to have inhibitory and excitatory regions and are sensitive to lights of a specific orientation?

Answer 3

Simple Cells

Question 4

Which cells respond best to a bar of light of a particular orientation moving in a particular direction?

Answer 4

Complex Cells

Question 5

Which cells respond best to bars of a specific length, or to joined lines (corners) moving in a specific direction?

Answer 5

End-Stop/Hypercomplex

Question 6

Hierarchical/Serial processing occurs where in the visual pathway?

Answer 6

1. retina
2. Magno/Parvo Pathway
3. NOT LGN