Many features are mapped onto the primary visual cortex. A new study shows that these maps are arranged in a way that optimizes the representation of each feature at each location in visual space.
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Das, A. Optimizing coverage in the cortex. Nat Neurosci 3, 750–752 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/77644
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