scholarly journals Modality-specific interference with verbal and nonverbal stimulus information

1978 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry W. Allen ◽  
Michael M. Marcell ◽  
Patricia Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Stimulus Information ◽  
Nonverbal Stimulus

Favored patterns in spike trains. II. Application

1983 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 1349-1363 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Dayhoff ◽  
G. L. Gerstein
Keyword(s):  
Striate Cortex ◽  
Biological Significance ◽  
Companion Paper ◽  
Spike Trains ◽  
Area 17 ◽  
Stimulus Information ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Cat Striate Cortex ◽  
Template Methods ◽  
Anesthetized Cat

In this paper we apply the two methods described in the companion paper (4) to experimentally recorded spike trains from two preparations, the crayfish claw and the cat striate cortex. Neurons in the crayfish claw control system produced favored patterns in 23 of 30 spike trains under a variety of experimental conditions. Favored patterns generally consisted of 3-7 spikes and were found to be in excess by both quantized and template methods. Spike trains from area 17 of the lightly anesthetized cat showed favored patterns in 16 of 27 cases (in quantized form). Some patterns were also found to be favored in template form; these were not as abundant in the cat data as in the crayfish data. Most firing of the cat neurons occurred at times near stimulation, and the observed patterns may represent stimulus information. Favored patterns generally contained up to 7 spikes. No obvious correlations between identified neurons or experimental conditions and the generation of favored patterns were apparent from these data in either preparation. This work adds to the existing evidence that pattern codes are available for use by the nervous system. The potential biological significance of pattern codes is discussed.

scholarly journals Grasping Partly Occluded Objects: Effects of Global Stimulus Information on Action

Perception ◽  
10.1068/p6158 ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janneke Lommertzen ◽  
Rob van Lier ◽  
Ruud G J Meulenbroek
Keyword(s):  
Stimulus Information ◽  
Occluded Objects

Repetition Effects and Signal Classification Strategies in Serial Choice-Response Tasks

1968 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 232-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick M. A. Rabbitt
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Times ◽  
Repetition Effect ◽  
Signal Classification ◽  
Choice Response ◽  
Information Load ◽  
Stimulus Information ◽  
Repetition Effects ◽  
Response Information

Repetition-effects (Bertelson, 1965) were examined in three serial self-paced choice-response tasks in which each response was made to all members of a class of more than one signal, and in one task in which eight different responses were each made to one of eight different signals. Three kinds of transition between successive responses occur in such tasks: transitions between Identical responses where the same signal and response are immediately repeated, transitions between Equivalent responses where the same response is made to a new signal and transitions between New responses where neither signal nor response are repeated. The relative reaction-times for these three classes of events were found to vary as a function of stimulus information load, as a function of response information load and as a function of the level of practice which subjects attained in the task in question. These variations allow some comment on the utility of recent models for serial and parallel stimulus analysis as explanatory constructs for the repetition-effect.

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