retinal receptive field

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• Receptive field — The receptive field of a sensory neuron is a region of space in which the presence of a stimulus will alter the firing of that neuron. Receptive fields have been identified for neurons of the auditory system, the somatosensory system, and the… …   Wikipedia

• Giant retinal ganglion cells — are photosensitive ganglion cells with large dendritic trees discovered in the human and macaque retina by Dacey et al (2005).Giant retinal ganglion cells contain a photopigment, melanopsin, allowing them to respond directly to light. They also… …   Wikipedia

• perception — perceptional, adj. /peuhr sep sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or faculty of apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding. 2. immediate or intuitive recognition or appreciation, as of moral, psychological, or aesthetic… …   Universalium

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• photoreception — photoreceptive, adj. /foh toh ri sep sheuhn/, n. the physiological perception of light. [1905 10; PHOTO + RECEPTION] * * * Biological responses to stimulation by light, most often referring to the mechanism of vision. In one celled organisms such …   Universalium

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• Filling-in — In vision, filling in phenomena are those responsible for the completion of missing information across the physiological blind spot, and across natural and artificial scotomata. There is evidence calling for similar mechanisms of completion also… …   Wikipedia

• Photoreceptor cell — This article is about cellular photoreceptors. For other types of photoreceptors, see Photoreceptor (disambiguation). Rods and cones redirects here. For the Blue Man Group song, see Rods and Cones (song). Neuron: Photoreceptor Cell …   Wikipedia

• Bipolar cell of the retina — Infobox neuron neuron name = Retinal Bipolar Cells image neuron = Fig retine.png caption neuron = Retina. Bipolar cells are shown in red. location = Retina (Inner Nuclear Layer) function = Convey gradients between photoreceptor cells to retinal… …   Wikipedia

• Stereopsis — (from meaning solidity, and opsis meaning vision or sight) is the process in visual perception leading to the sensation of depth from the two slightly different projections of the world onto the retinas of the two eyes. The differences in the two …   Wikipedia