In a previous post, I gave the two line MATLAB code to generate a Gabor patch. At the other end of the spectrum, this web page spends an entire MATLAB tutorial on making a Gabor patch. It’s a great neuroscience example for someone learning the methods of MATLAB programming.

If you’re interested in stuff like this, it’s from UCL’s Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience’s MATLAB tutorial class. A lot of their class materials are online. (link) Also, this book isn’t a bad place for a beginner to start.