Figure Q8-24A Shows an Experiment That Measured the Activity of a Single

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Essay

Figure Q8-24A shows an experiment that measured the activity of a single neuron when a monkey moved his arm in eight different directions. How did this neuron respond and what does this tell you about how this neuron is tuned? (A)


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Figure Q8-24
B. The experiment in Figure Q8-24B was repeated for many neurons. What did they find and what does this tell you about how movements are coded in the motor cortex?
C. The neuron shown was from a multi-electrode array, which records the activity of a large number of neurons. How would the response in this area of the motor cortex differ when the arm movement was in a different direction?

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