What Is One Way to Determine Whether a Given Cell

question 77

Multiple Choice

 What is one way to determine whether a given cell in the primary visual cortex is "simple" or "complex"?

• A) the shape of its receptive field
• B) whether its receptive field is monocular or binocular
• C) whether it can respond equally to lines in more than one location
• D) whether it is sensitive to the orientation of the stimulus

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