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A complex cell located within the striate cortex would be most activated by a
 
  A) line moving perpendicular to its orientation.
  B) stationary line placed at the edge of the field.
  C) dark, stationary circle.
  D) black dot that moved erratically around the visual field.
  E) set of fuzzy parallel lines of low spatial frequency.

Question 2

Which of the following is true of most color-sensitive ganglion cells?
 
  A) The cells are not organized in a center-surround fashion until this information reaches the thalamus.
  B) The ganglion cells respond to pairs of primary colors such as red-green or blue-yellow.
  C) These ganglion cells receive information from certain rods in the periphery of the retina.
  D) These cells also code for the relative brightness of colors.
  E) Each is tuned to one of the 12 primary colors.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B



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