Question

Hubel and Wiesel identified neurons in the visual cortex that responded to lines at a particular orientation. These cells are called _______________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Feature detectors

Explanation:

Feature detectors are neurons in the brain that respond to specific aspects of a stimulus.

These stimulus are; Edges, Lines, Angles and Movements.

Feature detectors in the visual cortex are responsible for sending signals to other areas of the cortex for higher-level processing.

Feature detectors are also the neurons in the visual cortex that responded to lines at a particular orientation.