Nonlinear analysis of the human visual evoked response |
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Authors: | J. Trimble G. Phillips |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Ophthalmology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA;(2) Department of Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA |
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Abstract: | Using time-domain correlation techniques, the first- and second-order Wiener kernels have been calculated for the system mediating the human visual evoked response. The first-order kernels indicate the linear element is a resonant one, with a natural frequency near 20 Hz, and a memory of approximately 250 ms. The transport delay associated with this element is approximately 56 ms. The second-order kernels indicate a quadratic nonlinear element with a memory less than 20 ms. The analytic form of this element can be approximated by a parabola shifted to the right of the origin. A close correspondance between the spectrum of the first-order kernel and the spectrum of the main diagonal of the second-order kernel suggests the nonlinear element preceeds the linear one. Tests of reproducibility on the first-order kernel and the main diagonal of the second-order kernel suggest they are reliable describing functions for the system mediating the human visual evoked response. |
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