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direction selectivity: a standalone construct

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Neuroscience

the property of a visual neuron that responds to motion in one preferred direction and is inhibited by motion in the opposite direction.

In neuroscience, direction selectivity refers to the property of a visual neuron that responds to motion in one preferred direction and is inhibited by motion in the opposite direction. This meaning comes from Barlow (1965) in The Journal of Physiology.[1]

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References

Barlow, H. B., & Levick, W. R. (1965). The mechanism of directionally selective units in rabbit's retina. The Journal of Physiology, 178(3), 477-504. https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1965.sp007638

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