Mitch is an optometrist and his niece has asked him to come to school to talk about his profession at a job fair. Mitch is trying to impress his niece's classmates by telling them cool things about ocular health and the way the visual system works.
-Mitch tries to explain the visual pathway in the brain to the children.Which type of cell would fire in response to a straight line of a specific width and orientation in the right hand corner of the receptive field

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Simple cells in the primary visual cortex are selective for specific orientations of lines, edges, and gratings. When a straight line of a specific width and orientation is presented in a particular region of the receptive field, these cells fire, detecting the feature of the visual stimulus. Complex cells in the primary visual cortex respond to more complex stimuli, such as gratings with a particular orientation and direction of movement. Simple and complex cells are located in the primary visual cortex, also known as V1, which is part of the occipital lobe.

Mitch Is an Optometrist and His Niece Has Asked Him