How is a person's ability to localize a stimulus affected by the function of a single receptor field?

A) Stimuli of all strengths are equally well localized.
B) Localization from a single receptor field is not possible; many have to participate for localization to be possible.
C) The larger the receptive field, the poorer the ability to localize the stimulus.
D) By the receptive fields interaction with other receptive fields.
E) The larger the receptor field, the greater the ability to localize the stimulus.


C) The larger the receptive field, the poorer the ability to localize the stimulus.

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