Physiological Support for Opponent Color Representation Comes From

question 40

Multiple Choice

Physiological support for opponent color representation comes from:

• A) the discovery of two types of cones in the fish retina that responded in similar ways to different wavelengths.
• B) the observation that people sorted a stack of cards into four piles of colors, rather than three.
• C) measurements of neurons in the ventral geniculate nucleus of rats that responded to color in an opponent fashion.
• D) confirmation of the existence of neural circuits involved in the opponent color representation process.

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