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👁️Hubel & Wiesel

How visual cortex builds edges, columns and critical periods.

Also called: feature detectors

Hubel & Wiesel
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visual cortex columnsFocus
58/100Research
75/100Awareness
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76/100Clinical
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Hubel & Wiesel sits at the centre of visual cortex columns — studied across molecules, circuits, behaviour and clinic.

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  • Research58
  • Awareness75
  • Complexity73
  • Clinical weight76
  • Plasticity54
  • Live debate48

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Sources & research

  1. Receptive fields, binocular interaction and functional architecture in the cat's visual cortexHubel DH; Wiesel TN · 1962 · Journal of PhysiologyDOIPubMed
  2. Brain mechanisms of visionHubel DH; Wiesel TN · 1979 · Scientific AmericanDOI

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