A microelectrode is recording the activity from a single cell in the visual cortex of a cat. The cell begins to fire rapidly when a vertical line sweeps across the visual field to the left, but stops firing when the same line sweeps back across the visual field to the right. In this case, the microelectrode is most likely monitoring activity from
A) a hypercomplex cell.
B) a complex cell.
C) a simple cell.
D) a cell in the parvocellular channel.

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Complex cells in the visual cortex respond to the orientation and direction of movement of a stimulus, such as a vertical line moving in a specific direction.

A Microelectrode Is Recording the Activity from a Single Cell