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Do the receptive fields in the primary visual cortex span a variability over the degree of elongation of the receptive fields? (2404.04858v10)

Published 7 Apr 2024 in q-bio.NC

Abstract: This paper presents results of combining (i) theoretical analysis regarding connections between the orientation selectivity and the elongation of receptive fields for the affine Gaussian derivative model with (ii) biological measurements of orientation selectivity in the primary visual cortex, to investigate if (iii) the receptive fields can be regarded as spanning a variability in the degree of elongation. From an in-depth theoretical analysis of idealized models for the receptive fields of simple and complex cells in the primary visual cortex, we have established that the directional selectivity becomes more narrow with increasing elongation of the receptive fields. By comparison with previously established biological results, concerning broad vs. sharp orientation tuning of visual neurons in the primary visual cortex, we demonstrate that those underlying theoretical predictions, in combination with these biological results, are consistent with a previously formulated biological hypothesis, stating that the biological receptive field shapes should span the degrees of freedom in affine image transformations, to support affine covariance over the population of receptive fields in the primary visual cortex. Based on this possible indirect support for the working hypothesis concerning affine covariance, we formulate a set of testable predictions that could be used to, with neurophysiological experiments, judge if the receptive fields in the primary visual cortex of higher mammals could be regarded as spanning a variability over the eccentricity or the elongation of the receptive fields, and, if so, then also characterize if such a variability would, in a structured way, be related to the pinwheel structure in the visual cortex.

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