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SPECTRAL AND PATTERN RESPONSE IN THE RABBIT RETINA
Author(s) -
Armington John C.,
Adolph Alan R.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of the experimental analysis of behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1938-3711
pISSN - 0022-5002
DOI - 10.1901/jeab.1994.61-247
Subject(s) - spectral sensitivity , retina , stimulus (psychology) , ganglion , neuroscience , sensory system , spectral analysis , computer science , pattern recognition (psychology) , artificial intelligence , biology , psychology , physics , optics , cognitive psychology , wavelength , quantum mechanics , spectroscopy
The advantages of presenting sensory data in terms of stimulus variables are stressed. Spectral sensitivity plots of local electroretinograms and ganglion cell discharges from the dark‐adapted rabbit retina illustrate the utility of using this kind of procedure. Spectral data agreed with the literature demonstrating two cone and one rod process in this animal. The spectral sensitivities of both the local electroretinogram and ganglion cell spikes were closely similar. Data pertaining to pattern vision may also be subjected to the same type of analysis and described in terms of stimulus variables.