?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Anatomical+Origin+and+Computational+Role+of+Diversity+in+the+Response+Properties+of+Cortical+Neurons&rft.creator=Spector%2C+Kalanit+Grill&rft.creator=Edelman%2C+Shimon&rft.creator=Malach%2C+Rafael&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=The+maximization+of+diversity+of+neuronal+response+properties+has+been+recently+suggested+as+an+organizing+principle+for+the+formation+of+such+prominent+features+of+the+functional+architecture+of+the+brain+as+the+cortical+columns+and+the+associated+patchy+projection+patterns.+We+report+a+computational+study+of+two+aspects+of+this+hypothesis.+First%2C+we+show+that+maximal+diversity+is+attained+when+the+ratio+of+dendritic+and+axonal+arbor+sizes+is+equal+to+one%2C+as+it+has+been+found+in+many+cortical+areas+and+across+species.+Second%2C+we+show+that+maximization+of+diversity+leads+to+better+performance+in+two+case+studies%3A+in+systems+of+receptive+fields+implementing+steerable%2Fshiftable+filters%2C+and+in+matching+spatially+distributed+signals%2C+a+problem+that+arises+in+visual+tasks+such+as+stereopsis%2C+motion+processing%2C+and+recognition.&rft.date=1995&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F574%2F2%2F199711008.ps&rft.identifier=++Spector%2C+Kalanit+Grill+and+Edelman%2C+Shimon+and+Malach%2C+Rafael++(1995)+Anatomical+Origin+and+Computational+Role+of+Diversity+in+the+Response+Properties+of+Cortical+Neurons.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F574%2F