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question 2

Multiple Choice

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There are three possible ways attention might affect single-cell recordings. Which way is demonstrated by the experiment whose results are illustrated in the figure?

• A) Attention has globally enhanced the cell's receptive field.
• B) Attention has sharpened the tuning of this cell's receptive field.
• C) Attention has not affected this neuron because both stimuli are in its receptive field.
• D) Attention has shifted the tuning of this cell's receptive field.

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