STUDY OF DIFFERENTIAL EVOKED POTENTIALS IN THE OCCIPITAL LOBE OF THE HUMAN CORTEX TO VARIED SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS

Authors

Michael A. Malstrom, Brigham Young University
Dr. Donovan Fleming, Brigham Young University

Keywords

differential evoked potentials, occipital lobe, human cortex, spatial and temporal patterns

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Psychology

Abstract

Projecting from the retina of the human eye are two information tracts that are separate but very closely tied together. They are named for the size of the cell which they follow from the retina to the brain. The tract with larger cells is called the Magnocellular pathway (M-pathway), and the tract with smaller cells is called the Parvocellular pathway (P-pathway). The M-pathway processes information quickly and without acute definition and is suited for object location and tracking—where things are. The P-pathway processes data less quickly but with more definition and higher quality, including color vision.

Recommended Citation

Malstrom, Michael A. and Fleming, Dr. Donovan (2013) "STUDY OF DIFFERENTIAL EVOKED POTENTIALS IN THE OCCIPITAL LOBE OF THE HUMAN CORTEX TO VARIED SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 485.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/485