Why Do You Have Better Color Vision in the Fovea

question 25

Multiple Choice

Why do you have better color vision in the fovea than in the periphery of the retina?

• A) More receptors pool their resources to excite the next cell near the fovea than in the periphery.
• B) The fovea has a higher proportion of cones than the periphery does.
• C) The eyeball is more spherical near the fovea than in the periphery.
• D) The periphery is in the shadow of the pupil.

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Definitions:

Control

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Random Assignment

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