Which of the Following Experiments Attempts to Demonstrate the Presence

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which of the following experiments attempts to demonstrate the presence of feature detectors in the visual cortex of the human brain?

• A) People are given rewards and punishments when detecting faint stimuli.
• B) People stare at bars of one width for a minute and then check whether their perception of other bars has changed.
• C) People sit in a dark room for various periods of time and then check their ability to detect a dim light.
• D) People look at a piece of paper with two dots on it and move it back and forth trying to find their blind spot.

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