Gray Et Al

question 3

Multiple Choice

Gray et al.(1989) studied synchronized neural oscillations while recording from two neurons,and they found that

• A)the neurons responded with strongly synchronized neural oscillations when a single bar of light matching the neurons' preferred orientation moved across their receptive fields.
• B)the neurons responded with strongly synchronized neural oscillations when two separate but aligned bars of light matching the neurons' preferred orientation moved across their recep- tive fields.
• C)the neurons responded with strongly synchronized neural oscillations when two separate bars of light moved in opposite directions across their receptive fields.

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