EXP 3204 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Axon, Receptive Field, Cerebral Cortex

• School: UCF
• Department: Experimental Psychology
• Course: EXP 3204
• Professor: Daniel Mcconnell

Document Summary

Rapid increase in positive charge in a nerve fiber that travels down the fiber. The part of the neuron that conducts nerve impulses over distances. The part of a neuron that contains the neuron"s metabolic machinery and that receives stimulation from other neurons. The competition between the center and surround regions of a center-surround receptive field, caused by the fact that one is excitatory and the other is inhibitory. Stimulating center and surround areas simultaneously decreases responding of the neuron, compared to stimulating the excitatory area alone. A receptive field that consists of a roughly circular excitatory area surrounded by an inhibitory area, or a circular inhibitory center surrounded by an excitatory area. The 2-mm-thick layer that covers the surface of the brain and contains the machinery for creating perception, as well as for other functions, such as language, memory, and thinking. Nerve processes on the cell body that receive stimulation from other neurons.