If a Kitten Sees Alternately with Only One Eye One

question 156

Multiple Choice

If a kitten sees alternately with only one eye one day and the other eye the next day during its critical period for visual development, what happens to its visual cortex?

• A) Its cells become virtually unresponsive to all visual stimuli.
• B) One eye will become dominant and the other lazy.
• C) Each cortical cell will become responsive to just one eye.
• D) Cells will respond to either eye, but the responses will be sluggish.