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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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