Visual cortical neurons respond to.certain features of objects, such as color, orientation, and shape. Known as selectivity, this ability to key on specific patterns usually manifests in the initial spike of the neurological response, suggesting that the visual cortex is largely hard-wired for a wide range of stimuli. In Michael Goldberg's Inaugural Article, Anna Ipata et al. (pp. 16778-16785) show that V4 visual neurons in monkeys develop selectivity for a sought-after pattern when the task requires distinguishing between patterns in the visual field.
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