Ocular Dominance Columns Alternate Systematically Between Left-Eye and Right-Eye Dominance

question 45

Multiple Choice

Ocular dominance columns alternate systematically between left-eye and right-eye dominance, orientation columns vary systematically across the full range of preferred orientations. This was shown by experiments in which an electrode was advanced _____ through the visual cortex.

• A) perpendicularly
• B) contralaterally
• C) obliquely
• D) horizontally

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