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Receptive Fields of Single Neurones in the Cat's Striate Cortex

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Creators

  • David H. Hubel, author
  • Torsten N. Wiesel, author

Canon Rationale

A core systems neuroscience paper, included for receptive fields, cortical organization, and the experimental analysis of visual coding.

Evidence

  • citation context: Hubel and Wiesel, 'Receptive fields of single neurones in the cat's striate cortex,' Journal of Physiology, 1959.
  • field survey: The Nobel Prize, Hubel and Wiesel medicine prize materials.

Audit Flags

version dependency, epistemic status required

Completion unit: read the full 1959 paper.

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