Neurons that respond selectively to very specific features of more complex stimuli are
A) perception detectors.
B) selective detectors.
C) feature detectors.
D) appearance detectors.

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Neurons that respond selectively to specific features of more complex stimuli are called feature detectors. This term was coined by David H. Hubel and Torsten Wiesel in 1959 to describe neurons in the visual cortex that respond selectively to particular features of visual stimuli, such as edges, lines, corners, and shapes. The concept of feature detectors is now applied to other sensory modalities, such as audition and touch.

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