Carl-Richard

How accurately individual neurons map onto the external world

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Topographic maps of the visual cortex.png

Basically, when a monkey views the image on the right (a), their visual cortex lights up in a corresponding pattern (b). It shows how the visual aspects of the external world is represented topographically across neurons responsible for visual processes. It's kinda neat.

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