PSY 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Eye Tracking, Receptive Field, Saccade
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Computers represent and transform information, like the brain. Can vary in level of explanations (systems level, molecular level, etc) Measures how close we are to releasing an action potential (graded membrane potentials) Baseline activity you can"t make a decision if you don"t know what you started with. Receptive field one part of your visual field, or object that makes a neuron go crazy. Complex cells do not have clearly defined excitatory or inhibitory regions, so they respond to most stimulus as long as it is in the receptive field. Mapping the genome associate gene mutations with disease (twin studies- compare identical vs. fraternal twins; is the rate of a disease different between twins who share genetic information vs those who do not?) Like an x-ray but from all possible directions (more images = more radiation exposure) Protons aligned in the magnetic field, perturbed with radio waves and measured. Electrodes placed on scalp to record electrical signals.
