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dejastew · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Feature detection occurs as the result of the responding of populations of neurons instead of single neurons. What is a benefit of relying on a population of neurons instead of a single neuron?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Images are examples of one possible representational format. Briefly describe the three elements of an image.

What will be an ideal response?

sierrahalpin · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 20, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: Two benefits of using populations of neurons presented in the text are (1) a population of neurons allows for a graded response instead of an all-or-none response, and (2) neurons are sensitive to more than one feature.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: The three elements of an image are spatiotemporal window, storage units, and stored information. Images are bound to a specific location in space and time. The spatiotemporal window refers to these constraints. Storage units contain information about a specific area of the larger spatiotemporal window. They collect information from the various storage units to make up the content of the image.