Question

You continue to record the spikes of a ganglion cell. Even in total darkness, there is some nonzero rate of spiking (sometimes called “spontaneous” spiking). When you shine light at a particular point (let’s call it Q) in the retina, the rate of spiking goes down. Point Q is

1. the receptive field of the cell
2. inside the receptive field of the cell
3. outside the receptive field of the cell