Taking clay and sand to create bricks, which are then used to build modular wall panels, which are then assembled to construct tall buildings, is similar to which of the following neural concepts?
A) Specificity coding
B) Localization of function
C) Hierarchical processing
D) Distributed representation

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The process of taking basic building blocks (clay and sand) and using them to construct more complex structures (brick walls, modular wall panels, and tall buildings) follows the idea of hierarchical processing, where simple elements are combined in a stepwise fashion to create more complex structures. This is similar to how the brain processes information, where simple features are combined to create more complex representations. Specificity coding refers to the idea that individual neurons are tuned to respond to specific stimuli, while localization of function refers to the idea that different brain regions are responsible for different functions. Distributed representation refers to the idea that information is represented by patterns of activity distributed across many neurons. None of these concepts fit the analogy as well as hierarchical processing.

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