THE STATISTICAL DETECTION OF THRESHOLD SIGNALS IN THE RETINA
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- 20 July 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of general physiology
- Vol. 40 (6) , 925-948
- https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.40.6.925
Abstract
1. Photographic records of impulses from single ganglion cells in the cat's retina were made while the retina was stimulated by flashes occurring once a second. Ten flashes at each of several intensities near threshold were used.Keywords
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