[Coding visual information in frogs by means of the latent periods of neuronal responses]

The difference between latencies of responses of the retina ganglionic cells and the neurons of the midbrain tectum in frogs seems to be a way of coding visual signals which indicates the probability of the coherent principle of visual information processing. In combination with the probability-statistical principle, this can serve as a basis for high reliability, plasticity, and polyfunctional character of neuronal mechanisms of the visual analysis.