A Feature Detector in the Visual Cortex Is Most Likely

question 71

Multiple Choice

A feature detector in the visual cortex is most likely to answer which of these questions?

• A) How much total light is falling on the retina as a whole right now?
• B) Is the object I am looking at now the same one I saw a minute ago?
• C) Is the sound I hear coming from the object that I see?
• D) Is the center of the retina looking at a straight horizontal line?

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