Explain the organization of neurons into modules in the striate cortex. Specify which neurons respond to color, orientation, spatial frequency, movement, and retinal disparity
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The striate cortex is organized into about 2500 modules, each containing about 150,000 neurons. Each module has two segments that surround a central region—termed a blob—that contains cells that stain positively for cytochrome oxidase. Cells within the blob receive information about color and low spatial frequencies. Cells outside the blob are sensitive to different orientations, movement, spatial frequency, and texture, but not color. Each neuron in the module receives information from the same region of the visual field.
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