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Receptive Fields
A receptive field is the patch of the world, like a spot on the skin or a region of what you see, that a neuron responds to. Mapping, recording, or characterizing the input that drives a sensory neuron defines that neuron's receptive field.
Part of an early, unfinished explainers project: very much under construction.
Builds on
Sensory Receptors (coming soon)Spikes and Firing Rate (coming soon)
Leads to
Sensory Pathways (coming soon)Barrel Cortex (coming soon)Hierarchy and Invariance (coming soon)Place Cells