Electronics Firms May Be Able to Get Patents on Their

question 12

Multiple Choice

Electronics firms may be able to get patents on their ideas.Doing so makes their ideas

• A)private goods rather than public goods.This gives people more incentive to engage in research.
• B)private goods rather than public goods.This gives people less incentive to engage in research.
• C)public goods rather than private goods.This gives people more incentive to engage in research.
• D)public goods rather than private goods.This gives people more incentive to engage in private research.

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Definitions:

fMRI

Functional magnetic resonance imaging, a neuroimaging procedure that measures brain activity by detecting changes associated with blood flow, used to study the brain's functional anatomy.

Ventral Stream

One of two pathways in the visual system, responsible for object recognition, form, and color.

Color

The characteristic of visual perception described through hues such as red, blue, and yellow, determined by the wavelength of light.

Color Constancy

The ability of the human visual system to perceive colors of objects, invariant to the color of the light source.