You enter the dark theater from the brightly lighted lobby, and you are temporarily unable to see where to walk

After a short time, you can see the entire room as your retinas have undergone
a. the Ishihara effect.
b. retinal disparity.
c. cone enhancement.
d. dark adaptation.


ANSWER: d

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