What resolves this contention: Whether stimulus-tuned/pattern-completion ensemb…

What resolves this contention: Whether stimulus-tuned/pattern-completion ensembles in mouse V1 selectively bias perceptual choice (Carrillo-Reid 2019) or whether ensemble identity is irrelevant and only total network influence matters (2025 Neuron study). / activation of only two pattern completion neurons from behaviorally relevant ensembles improved performance, by reliably recalling the whole ensemble. / Contrary to expectations, targeted activation of visually sensitive neural ensembles did not preferentially modify behavior compared with targeting randomly selected ensembles.