Sara watches a squirrel run up a tree. Which part of her visual system recognizes information about the location and movement of the squirrel?

A. The dorsal stream of the extrastriate cortex
B. The rostral stream of the extrastriate cortex
C. The ventral stream of the extrastriate cortex
D. The receptive field of a single ganglion cell


Answer: A

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