A Monkey Attends to a Stimulus Left of Fixation Then

question 17

Multiple Choice

A monkey attends to a stimulus left of fixation then to a 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 neuron preferentially responding to the left stimulus is unaffected by attention to the right stimulus.
• C) the receptive field associated with the neuron responding to the left stimulus shrinks when attention shifts 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.

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