In 1981, Hubel and Wiesel received a Nobel Prize for their research on the visual cortex. In their investigations they found that different neurons are sensitive to different patterns projected on a screen in front of cats. One type of cell might fire most rapidly in response to a horizontal line in the lower right part of the visual field, another to a diagonal line in the upper left part of the visual field. Hubel and Wiesel called these cells ________ cells.
A) papillae
B) retinal disparity
C) negative afterimage cells
D) feature-detector

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Hubel and Wiesel called these cells feature-detector cells because they detect specific features or patterns in the visual field. These cells are specialized for detecting specific features such as edges, lines, and angles.

In 1981, Hubel and Wiesel Received a Nobel Prize for Their