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In Search of a Visual-cortical Describing Function: a Summary of Work in ProgressThe thrust of the present work is to explore the utility of using a sum of sinusoids (seven or more) to obtain an evoked response and, furthermore, to see if the response is sensitive to changes in cognitive processing. Within the field of automatic control system technology, a mathematical input/output relationship for a sinusoidally stimulated nonlinear system is defined as describing function. Applying this technology, sum of sines inputs to yield describing functions for the visual-cortical response have been designed. What follows is a description of the method used to obtain visual-cortical describing functions. A number of measurement system redesigns were necessary to achieve the desired frequency resolution. Results that guided and came out of the redesigns are presented. Preliminary results of stimulus parameter effects (average intensity and depth of modulation) are also shown.
Document ID
19850006229
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Junker, A. M.
(Aerospace Medical Research Labs. Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, United States)
Peio, K. J.
(Systems Research Labs, Inc., Dayton Ohio, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Ames Research Center 20th Ann. Conf. on Manual Control, Vol. 2
Subject Category
Man/System Technology And Life Support
Accession Number
85N14538
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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