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Organization through experience

Erickson and colleagues suggest that nearby neurons in the perirhinal cortex share similar object preferences, and that these groups may develop based on visual experience.

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Figure 1: A hypothetical functional architecture in the perirhinal cortex.

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Miller, E. Organization through experience. Nat Neurosci 3, 1066–1068 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/80566

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