What's New

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App Description

This is a demonstration of mapping the receptive fields of neurons in the visual system. Students play the role of a vision scientist trying to find the location and best stimulus for getting responses from individual visual cells.

iNSIGHT is a curriculum supplement for experimental psychology, sensation and perception, vision science, and optometry lab classes. There are two different types of iNSIGHT apps: experiments and interactive demonstrations. Experiments are real psychophysical procedures (NOT simulations) that generate real data. Demonstrations illustrate a visual phenomenon and allow students to manipulate the effect. Each lab is complete with a quick-start guide, detailed instructions, background information, and one or more guided exercises. To see how iNSIGHT works, try the FREE iNSIGHT Color Mixing app.

A printable PDF Student Guide that contains the exercises and other supporting materials, and a Teacher Guide are available at www.polyhedronlearning.com/see_apps_insight.html

iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • February 23, 2013 Initial release
  • November 07, 2016 New version 1.1
  • November 18, 2019 New version 1.3
  • November 26, 2019 New version 1.4
  • July 15, 2020 New version 1.4.1
  • September 16, 2023 New version 1.6