Ned the Neuron is a pretty busy guy.His job is to fire anytime he sees a vertical line in his visual field.Ned's specialty is ____.
A) feature detection
B) lateral inhibition
C) hierarchical processing
D) being an interneuron

Question

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Ned's job of firing in response to a specific feature (vertical line) in his visual field indicates that he is performing feature detection, which is the ability to selectively respond to specific features within a stimulus.

Ned the Neuron Is a Pretty Busy Guy