Aan is a location column that receives information

10.
A/An ________ is a location column that receives information about all
possible orientations within a given area of the retina.
a. supercolumn c. hypercolumn
b. orientation d. action
ANS: C REF: One Location Column: Many Orientations
MSC: Factual
11.
Neurons respond preferentially to the right eye or the left eye. This phe-
nomenon is referred to as
REF: Location and Orientation Columns MSC: Factual
12.
The arrangement of ocular dominance columns in the cortex is best described
as

REF: Location and Orientation Columns MSC: Conceptual
13.
A large object, such as a tree trunk, will cause
REF: How Feature Detectors Respond to a Scene
MSC: Conceptual
14.
When looking at a scene, the different sections of the scene are processed by
many different location columns. Through the use of all of the location columns, the entire
scene can be perceived. This effect is referred to as
a. fielding. c. convergence.
b. orientation. d. tiling.
ANS: D REF: How Feature Detectors Respond to a Scene
MSC: Conceptual
15.
Zghsx#8j, a visitor from another planet, is curious about cars. She takes the
battery out of the car, and finds out that the car won’t start and the lights and stereo don’t
work. Her “research” is most closely related to the method called
REF: Method: Brain Ablation MSC: Applied
16.
Ablation is a procedure in which
REF: Method: Brain Ablation MSC: Conceptual