Hubel and Wiesel discovered that different circuits in the primary visual cortex responded
A) similarly to all stimuli.
B) to the movement, direction, orientation, and thickness of lines.
C) to different shapes, sizes, and colours of block-like stimuli.
D) to different colours of block-like stimuli.
E) none of the above

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Hubel and Wiesel's research in the 1950s and 1960s revolutionized our understanding of the visual system, demonstrating that specific circuits in the primary visual cortex are tuned to respond to particular aspects of visual stimuli, such as the movement, direction, orientation, and thickness of lines. This work laid the foundation for much of what we know about visual processing in the brain.

Hubel and Wiesel Discovered That Different Circuits in the Primary