The Psychobiology of Sensory Coding |
Contents
An Orientation | 1 |
The Nature of Physical Stimuli | 21 |
The Anatomy of Receptors and the Sensory Pathways | 81 |
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acoustic action potentials activity amplitude anatomy auditory auditory system axons basic basic taste basilar membrane Békésy candidate codes central chapter chemical cochlea cochlear color cone consider corpuscle cortex curve cutaneous defined detection dimensions discrimination discussion effects electrical electron encoding energy example excitatory experiments exponent fact fibers frequency ganglion cell gustatory hair cells important inhibitory interaction interval large number light Mach band magnitude measure mechanisms modalities nerve nervous system neural coding neural response neurons neurophysiological notion observed Olfaction olfactory opsin optical organization Pacinian corpuscle pathway perception peripheral photoreceptor physical physiological plotted power function problem produced psychophysical quality coding receptive field receptor cells receptor potential region relatively retina rhodopsin sensitivity shown in Figure shows signal simple single cell somatosensory sort spatial specific spectral spike action potentials stimulus stimulus intensity stimulus pattern structure synaptic taste technique temporal theory threshold tion tone transduction trichromatic Uttal wave wavelength