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The Upper and Lower Visual Field of Man: Electrophysiological and Functional Differences

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Progress in Sensory Physiology

Part of the book series: Progress in Sensory Physiology ((PHYSIOLOGY,volume 8))

Abstract

Basic sensory functions depend on physical stimulus characteristics, physiological perceptual mechanisms, the state of the nervous system at the time of stimulus arrival, and also on the exact location of the stimulus on the receptor plane. In the somatosensory system, for example, the spatial resolution for mechanical stimuli differs according to whether they are applied to the fingertips or to the arm area, and the visual system shows pronounced functional differences between the center and the periphery of the retina, related to the different local packing densities of the photoreceptors and their different connections to the retinal ganglion cells.

We are all aware of the fact that science has become more and more impatient and competitive. New experiments and new techniques may open new ways of understanding the nervous system. However, their success is based entirely on the intelligent and responsible use of them, which implies a thorough knowledge of what has been learned from the serious work of the past. The questions remain the same, and the techniques themselves should not be overvalued. Rather, the knowledge and results presented ... should be judged by the intelligence of the question, the seriousness of the approach, and the rigor of the conclusion, no matter whether the technique was traditional or modern.

O. D. Creutzfeldt (Words of Welcome, Seventh European Neuroscience Congress, Hamburg, 1983)

To Annemarie and Gernot

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Skrandies, W. (1987). The Upper and Lower Visual Field of Man: Electrophysiological and Functional Differences. In: Autrum, H., Ottoson, D., Perl, E.R., Schmidt, R.F., Shimazu, H., Willis, W.D. (eds) Progress in Sensory Physiology. Progress in Sensory Physiology, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71060-5_1

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