Question

A monkey attends to a moving stimulus left of fixation then to a stationary stimulus right of fixation. if one were recording mt neuronal activity, it would reveal that _____.?
a. ?the neuron preferentially responding to the left stimulus is inactive when attending to the right stimulus

b. ?the receptive field associated with the neuron responding to the left stimulus shrinks when attention shifts to the right stimulus

c. ?the neuron preferentially responding to the left stimulus is unaffected by attention to the right stimulus

d. ?the receptive field associated with the neuron responding to the left stimulus shifts right when attention shifts to the right stimulus

Answer 1

. if one were recording mt neuronal activity, it would reveal that d. ?the receptive field associated with the neuron responding to the left stimulus shifts right when attention shifts to the right stimulus. This happens because when the attention is directed to a specific visual field, the sensitivity level in that specific location will be increased