Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-fbnjt Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-04T19:01:49.326Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Processing in the probed-sinewave paradigm is likely retinal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2002

S. SABINA WOLFSON  and
NORMA GRAHAM
S. SABINA WOLFSON
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, New York
NORMA GRAHAM
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, New York
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

In the probed-sinewave paradigm—used to study the dynamics of light adaptation—a small probe of light is superimposed on a sinusoidally flickering background. Detection threshold for the probe is measured at various times with respect to the flickering background. Here we present such stimuli using three methods: monoptic (the probe and the flickering background are presented to the same eye), dichoptic (the probe is presented to one eye and the flickering background is presented to the other eye), and binocular (the probe and the flickering background are both presented to both eyes). The results suggest that the processing associated with detecting the probe is primarily in the retina (or any place with monocular input). However, the results also suggest a slight amount of processing in the cortex (or any place with binocular input), particularly at the higher frequency of flickering background used here (9.4 Hz vs. 1.2 Hz). A simple schematic model with three ocular-dominance channels is consistent with the results.

Keywords

Probed-sinewave paradigmTemporal adaptationLight adaptationDichopticMonoptic
Type
Research Article
Information
Visual Neuroscience , Volume 18 , Issue 6 , November 2001 , pp. 1003 - 1010
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)