Table 1.

Details of stimulation protocols and numbers of recorded cells for seven different estimation tasks analyzed in this study

Estimation taskStimulus propertiesNumbers of cells
Location, degreesIntensity, mNDuration, msT cellsTT pairsP cellsPP pairsTP pairs
Location−20°, −15°, −10°, −5°, 0°, 5°, 10°, 15°, 20°10, 50200105105
Intensities low010, 20, 30, 40, 502001472412
Intensities high010, 20, 50, 70, 10020027823511
Duration06050, 200, 5001012
Duration and intensity020, 6050, 200, 5001012
Location and intensity−20 , 0°, +2010, 50200105105
Location and intensity, 15 combinations−20°, −10°, 0°, +10°, +20°10, 20, 50200105105