What type of brain imaging technique did Mountcastle use in his research?
MRI
CT scan
Electroencephalography
Microelectrode recordings
Answer
Vernon Mountcastle used microelectrode recordings to study the activity of individual neurons in the cerebral cortex. This technique allowed him to observe the columnar organization of the cortex and understand how sensory information is processed at the cellular level.
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