Recently, It Has Been Discovered That Some People Have an Extra

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Multiple Choice

Recently, it has been discovered that some people have an extra type of cone other than the three that most people with normal color vision have.What might be different for a person with a fourth type of cone?

• A)They would have another form of red-green color blindness.
• B)They would only see in black and white.
• C)They could distinguish more colors than people with only three cones.
• D)Their opponent-processing would be affected so that they no longer saw afterimages.

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