title: The impulse response of a movement-detecting neuron and its interpretation.
abstract: When a visual pattern undergoes a brief displacement, the response of the neuron depends primarily upon the size of the displacement. One measures a tradeoff between velocity and duration of motion, analogous to the reciprocal relationship between intensity and duration in the perception of a brief flash of light (Bloch's law). Characterizing the movement detector by its "impulse response" could be useful in predicting the response to arbitrary motions.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera / Q000502:physiology*; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D005260:Female; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors