Neurones in primary visual cortex (V1) cannot be the physiological substrate for the cardinal axes because...

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Question focus: why neurons in V1 cannot be the substrate for cardinal color axes. We must assess what each statement implies about V1 properties and cardinal color representations.
Option 1: 'Neurones in V1 do not cluster around the cardinal axes when plotted in terms of their chromatic selectivity.' If this were true, it would undermine the idea that V1 neurons form a neat, axis-aligned representation of color (e.g., red-green or blue-yellow). However, evidence from chromatic tuning studies shows that many V1 neurons exhibit chromatic selectivity that can be interpreted as aligning with cardinal directions in color space, and population analyses often reveal clustering patterns consistent with axes-like organization. Therefore saying they do not cluster would be a reason against V1 as substrate, but empirical data often show some structured representation, so this statement would be a partial or contested justification, not a definitive universal barrier. 
Option 2: 'V1 neurones represent everything that you ‘see’ in some form or another.' This is an overstatement. While V1 is essential for early visual processing, it does not literally encode every perceptual attribute in a complete, conscious representation of all seen things. Higher visual areas extract complex features and percepts from V1 outputs. Therefore this claim is too broad and incorrect as a strict justification about cardinal axes, because cardinal color axes do not require V1 to represent every aspect of vision. 
Option 3: 'Some V1 neurones also respond to movement across their receptive fields.' This describes a property of many V1 neurons, particularly orientation- and direction-selective cells, which is true. However, responsiveness to motion does not directly refute V1 serving as a substrate for color axes; it simply shows V1 is multisensitive. It does not logically undermine a color-axis representation existing within V1. Thus this statement does not explain why V1 cannot underlie cardinal axes. 
Option 4: 'Neurones in V1 do not significantly change their output through prolonged stimulation.' This would imply stability of responses (no adaptation) over time. In reality, many V1 neurons do show adaptation and contextual effects with prolonged or repetitive stimulation, so this claim is false or misleading as a general rule. It also fails to address why V1 could not be the substrate for color axes. 
In summary, each option contains issues: Option 2 and 3 describe verifiable properties of V1 but do not directly prohibit V1 as a substrate for cardinal axes; Option 4 makes a generally incorrect assertion about neuronal adaptation. Option 1 directly ties to the idea of a structured, axis-aligned representation in V1, and if such clustering were not observed, that would challenge V1 as the substrate. Given the contrast between the statements, the one that most directly addresses the question premise about clustering along cardinal axes is Option 1, making it the most relevant and defensible choice.

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