Hubel and Wiesel Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology in 1981.What

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Multiple Choice

Hubel and Wiesel received the Nobel Prize in Physiology in 1981.What was their achievement?

• A) They found out that the superior colliculus is the primary area for visual processing in less developed animals.
• B) They discovered that it is the lateral geniculate nucleus that performs the major part of visual processing.
• C) They studied visual processing and showed that particular cortical cells existed which responded more strongly to particular patterns of light.
• D) Colors are created by our nervous system in response to wavelengths.

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