DrSamuels Is Using His Students in a Live Demonstration of the Visual

question 81

Multiple Choice

Dr.Samuels is using his students in a live demonstration of the visual system.He has placed several students in a line and has asked each student to jump and down ONLY when a specific hand motion is given.He then assigns independent hand signals to each student.What aspect of the visual system might Dr.Samuels be demonstrating?

• A)Feature detection
• B)Transduction
• C)Priming of the visual cortex
• D)Pattern recognition

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