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receptive field

receptive field A receptive field is the area of the visual field in which a stimulus changes a neuron's activity.

A receptive field is the area of the visual field in which a stimulus changes a neuron's activity. In this source, neurons differed in the size and shape of their receptive fields and in how responses within those areas varied by color and by spatial arrangement.