Hubel

How To Use Hubel In A Sentence

• He uses the finding of Wiesel and Hubel, that kittens reared with one eye occluded do not have binocular cells in the visual cortex, to support the converse of Hebb's postulate.
• Hubel and Wiesel have found cells that respond differentially according to the direction in which a stimulus is moved across the retina
• By suturing shut one of a kitten's eyes at various stages of development and for various periods of time, Hubel and Wiesel (1970) showed that certain cortical and thalamic areas supporting binocular vision (specifically, ocular dominance columns and cells in the lateral geniculate body) will not develop normally unless kittens receive patterned visual stimulation during the 4th to 12th weeks of life. Innateness and Language
• Hubel and Wiesel were also able to show by their experiments that the ability of the cells in the visual cortex to interpret the code of the impulse message from the retina is developed directly after birth. Physiology or Medicine 1981 - Press Release
• Hubel and Wiesel have found cells that respond differentially according to the direction in which a stimulus is moved across the retina .
• Since the work of Hubel and Wiesel, it is generally accepted that visual orientation and direction selectivity are achieved by processes in the visual cortex in the higher mammals.