The mamalian visual system contains a limited number of receptors, which project to a limited number of cells in the visual cortex. This projection provides a point-to-point representation of the retinal stimulation onto the visual cortex. Data reported by Marshall and Talbot (1942) suggest that contours in the environment are represented on the visual cortex by a process involving the summation of neural activity around the area receiving the retinal projection. Such anatomical and physiological evidence suggests a simple mechanism by which forms are perceived; the perception of form should correspond to retinal stimulation by form. [...]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.43748 |
| Date | January 1966 |
| Creators | Endress, Katherine |
| Contributors | Stern, M. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Department of Psychology.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001352639, proquestno: AAIMK00801, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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