Chapter 3 Flashcards

• acuity
• adaptation
• amblyopia
• anisometropia
• column
• complex cell
• contralateral
• contrast sensitivity function (CSF)
• contrast threshold
• contrast
• cortical magnification
• critical period
• cycle
• cycles per degree
• cytochrome oxidase (CO)
• end stopping
• filter
• hypercolumn
• ipsilateral
• koniocellular cell
• lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN)
• magnocellular layer
• ocular dominance
• orientation tuning
• parvocellular layer
• phase
• primary visual cortex (V1), area 17, or striate cortex
• simple cell
• sine wave grating
• spatial frequency
• spatial-frequency channel
• strabismus
• tilt aftereffect
• topographical mapping
• visual angle
• visual crowding