Representation Theory is closer to David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel s hierarchical concept.

In the Distributed Representation Theory , it is thought a set of neurons is involved in representing a concept or symbol, and in addressing the binding problem . The Binding problem refers to how different features from a picture or concept are put together. Rick Born, Harvard Medical School, commented in his paper that the early Stanford University experiments showing that monkeys could perform the task in question (an example of a task is to push a red button when the monkey sees a red object appear) with a relatively small number of neurons, as compared with the hundred or thousand neurons one might suspect (Born and Bradley, 2005). Note: Born also concluded that MT (V5 of visual cortex) is an ideal place to evaluate models of population decoding. (I had an opportunity to visit Harvard Medical School, Rick Born s Lab, on 17 Jan 07. He highlighted that good and accurate brain experimental data took months and sometimes years to collect and validate. For example, training a monkey to do specific tasks would take about 6 9 months, and after implanting the probe, the monitoring and collection process will depend on the hours the monkey could work.) How does the neuron s receptive field affect our visual scene? The study on the visual system s receptive field size indicated that many neurons are needed at a lower visual cortex and fewer neurons are required at a higher visual cortex to recognize a scene. The term receptive field was coined by Sherrington in relation to reflex actions and was reintroduced by H. Keffer Hartlineb in 1938. The receptive field of a neuron, in the visual system, can be defined as the area on the retina from which discharges of that neuron can be influenced by light. For example, a record of the activity of one particular fiber in the optic nerve of a cat shows that that fiber increases or decreases its rate of firing only when a defined area of the retina is illuminated. This area is its receptive field. By definition