Recordings from Neurons in Area V4 of the Visual Cortex

question 24

Multiple Choice

Recordings from neurons in area V4 of the visual cortex show that the neurons are

• A)equally responsive to both attended and unattended stimuli.
• B)more responsive to the physical attributes of unattended stimuli than attended stimuli.
• C)used primarily in expectation-based priming.
• D)more responsive to attended inputs than unattended inputs.

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