A Decrease in the Firing Rate of a Visual Cortex

question 7

Multiple Choice

A decrease in the firing rate of a visual cortex neuron in response to a change in stimulus color can be viewed as:

• A) a neural code for the new color.
• B) always indicating a lack of neural processing of that new color.
• C) a da Vinci code for color.
• D) a typical code for impending sleep.

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Definitions:

Box and Whisker Plot

A graphical representation of data that highlights the median, quartiles, and extremes of the dataset.

Five-number Summary

A statistical summary of a data set that includes the minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum.

30th Percentile

A value below which 30 percent of the data falls, used to indicate the lower-middle range of a data set.

Interquartile Range

The difference between the 75th and 25th percentiles of a dataset, a measure of statistical dispersion.