Neuroscience · 1962
Receptive Fields, Binocular Interaction and Functional Architecture in the Cat's Visual Cortex
David H. Hubel, Torsten N. Wiesel
Overview
Hubel and Wiesel mapped how the visual cortex processes images. Recording from single neurons in the cat brain, they found cells tuned to edges at specific orientations, organised into an elegant columnar architecture.
Revealed the brain's visual processing hierarchy; won the 1981 Nobel Prize.
Key findings
Methods
Single-unit microelectrode recordings from the primary visual cortex of anaesthetised cats while presenting precisely controlled light stimuli to map each neuron's receptive field.
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