Cells in the visual cortex that are organized according to their sensitivity to certain aspects of a visual feature are referred to as ______________.

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Cells in the visual cortex are organized into hypercolumns that are sensitive to different aspects of visual features. Receptive fields are the specific area of the visual field that a neuron responds to. V1 and extrastriate cortex are both areas of the brain involved in processing visual information, but they do not specifically relate to the organization of cells by sensitivity to visual features.

Cells in the Visual Cortex That Are Organized According to Their