Fig 2. The induction of orientation maps in the model.

(A) The precomputed orientation map that serves as a template based on which orientation of the thalamo-cortical connectivity of Layer 4 neurons is determined. (B) The orientation assigned to neurons (each dot represents a neuron) in the two layers based on their position within the overlaid pre-computed orientation map. (C) The comparison between the orientation preference assigned to the neurons via the pre-computed orientation map (y axis) and the orientation preference measured using the sinusoidal grating protocol (x axis; Section 4.4).