AbstractsPsychology

Effects of adaptation, arousal, and repetitive stimulation upon photic responses of the primary visual pathway in the cat.

by Roy Herbert. Steinberg




Institution: McGill University
Department: Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery.
Degree: PhD
Year: 1965
Keywords: Neurology & Neurosurgery.
Record ID: 1507960
Full text PDF: http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile118204.pdf


Abstract

A physiological distinction between the sensory transmission and integration of attended from non-attended stimuli is still awaited. We do not know "...what happens in the brain when the attention is directed one way or another..." In fact, neurophysiologists are still trying to establish the more basic distinction between sensory transmission and integration in wakefulness as opposed to sleep. [...]