Title: Probing receptive fields in depth

　　Speaker: Prof. Andrew Parker，Oxford University, UK Otto-von-Guericke University, Germany

　　Time: May 16, 2023, 1:00-2:30 pm

　　Venue: Wang Ke Zhen Bldg, 1113

　　Host: Prof. Cong Yu

　　Abstract

　　Since at least 1906, when Sherrington described the concept of a receptive field (RF), this idea has dominated thinking in sensory physiology. Recent analytical techniques in functional MRI have suggested that the receptive fields of populations of neurons can be measured non-invasively in human subjects. These results are expressed as pRFs (population RFs). In this talk, I shall evaluate the properties of these human pRFs for sensing of binocular depth and stereo vision. These new measures of human pRFs will be compared with closely similar electrophysiological measurements from macaque monkey visual cortex.