Exam 1: General Principles

The human cortex:

Which one of the following is a symbolic representation?

In humans, which sensory signals do not go via the thalamus, en route from receptor cells to cortex?

After sensory signals arrive at a receiving area in the cortex, they are passed on to:

Transduction describes:

Which of the following stimuli are humans unable to sense?

Cells in the visual cortex are not grouped according to which stimulus dimension?

According to the law of specific nerve energy, neural signals are associated with a characteristic sensory quality because:

Univariance in individual neural responses was first described by

Which of the bat's senses has the largest total cortical area devoted to it?

Which is not a biological sensory receptor?

Which of these links between receptors and cortical receiving area is not correct?

Stevens's power law defines the relationship between:

Which psychophysical methodology attempts to make separate measures of sensitivity and response bias?

A temporary change in neural sensitivity to an aspect of the immediate environment is called

Stevens's power law defines the relationship between:

Which technique cannot be used to make valid inferences about localisation of function in the cortex:

Following exposure to a relatively intense stimulus:

In most sensory modalities the neural pathway to the cortex passes through:

If the JND for sweetness is 1/20 and the stimulus concentration is 100 units, how much sweeter must it be made for a participant to just detect the change