Author Question: Describe the functional and anatomic differences between rods and cones. What will be an ideal ... (Read 63 times)

mydiamond · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Describe the functional and anatomic differences between rods and cones.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Noam Chomsky and Steven Pinker proposed that humans have a ____.

a. language synthesizer
b. language stimulus apparatus
c. language acquisition device
d. grammatical articulation device

anyusername12131 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Rods, abundant in the periphery of the human retina, respond to faint light but are not useful in daylight because bright light bleaches them. Cones, abundant in and near the fovea, are less active in dim light, more useful in bright light, and essential for color vision. Because of the distribution of rods and cones, you have good color vision in the fovea but not in the periphery.

Answer to Question 2

c