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While looking at a painting in an art gallery, many of Jinan's brain cells fire in response to lines presented at various angles, while others fire in response to specific colors. These brain cells are termed _____.

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Answer: Feature doctors

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Feature detectors are individual neurons or groups of neurons located in the brain which code for perceptually significant stimuli. Early in the sensory pathway feature detectors tend to have simple properties; ater they become more and more complex as the features to which they respond become more and more specific.

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