>it does not give the highest activation for a signal that matches the kernel This has the feeling of being an important property, but it's not clear to me whe

>it does not give the highest activation for a signal that matches the kernel This has the feeling of being an important property, but it's not clear to me whether it truly is. Do I actually care whether the output of my feature is extractor is "how well does the signal match the kernel" as opposed to some other function of the signal and kernel?