According to the retinex theory of color vision, how do we perceive color?

a. We compare the rates of responses by three types of cones

b. We compare an object to other objects in the scene.
c. We detect whether a cell in the retina is increasing or decreasing its response.
d. We compare the mean firing rate of cones to the mean rate of rods.


b

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A. Human milk is lower in fat and higher in protein than the milk of other mammals. B. A mother who breastfeeds needs to add solid foods to her infant's diet around 4 months. C. Breastfed babies suffer from more gastrointestinal problems than do bottle-fed infants. D. Breastfed infants accept new solid foods more easily than do bottle-fed infants.

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Santos loves Sunday afternoons with his three-year-old daughter Xenia. He can watch football while she rolls a toy train around the room or kicks a ball just to see where it will go. It’s so simple, but she seems so content. Xenia is exhibiting

__________ play. a) constructive b) functional c) associative d) independent

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The optic nerves from each eye meet at a point roughly between the two eyes called the ________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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