Why do humans perceive faint light better in the periphery of the eye?
a. Receptors in the periphery are closer to the pupil
b. The fovea is closer to the retina's blind spot than peripheral receptors.
c. More receptors in the periphery than in the fovea funnel input to each ganglion cell.
d. Ganglion cells in the periphery transmit their information to a larger brain area.
c
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A. James-Lange theory B. cognitive theory C. facial feedback theory D. behavioral theory
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a. an object permanence task. c. an object retrieval task. b. an A-not-B task. d. all of the above
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A. is inconsistent with research on efforts to teach nonhuman primates language systems B. does not fully explain why children refine and generalize many grammatical forms gradually C. overemphasizes the role of social experience in language development D. fails to show that humans have evolved specialized regions in the brain that support language skills