A.   the visual receptors near an edge become hyperpolarized.

B.   visual receptors adjacent to an edge on the more intense side receive less lateral inhibition than do receptors farther from that edge, and because visual receptors adjacent to the edge on the less intense side receive more lateral inhibition than do receptors farther from that edge.

C.   visual receptors on the more intense side of an edge receive less lateral inhibition than receptors on the less intense side.

D.   visual receptors on the more intense side of an edge receive more lateral inhibition than receptors on the less intense side.

E.   if A fires less than B, B must fire more than C.

A.   none of these

B.   defining the receptive fields of individual neurons.

C.   determining which stimuli have the most effect on the firing of an individual neuron when they are presented in its visual field.

D.   starting at the periphery of a system and progressively studying neurons at "higher" and "higher" levels of the system.

E.   all of these

A.   movement.

B.   dots of light.

C.   straight lines.

D.   contrast.

E.   circles.

A.   monocular stimuli.

B.   contrast.

C.   circular edges.

D.   diffuse light.

E.   circles of light.

A.   are unresponsive to diffuse light.

B.   have rectangular receptive fields.

C.   all of these

D.   respond best to straight-line stimuli in a particular orientation.

E.   respond to contrast.

A.   less circular

B.   bigger

C.   more circular

D.   smaller

E.   more monocular

A.   color vision.

B.   wavelength.

C.   color mixing.

D.   edge perception.

E.   visual illusions.

A.   supported by complementary afterimages.

B.   supported by monochromatic colors.

C.   a version of the opponent-process theory.

D.   also known as the component theory.

E.   also known as the opponent theory.

A.   an object appears to be the same color despite changes in the wavelengths of light that it is reflecting.

B.   lights of the same wavelength appear to be the same color, regardless of their intensity.

C.   complementary colors always look complementary.

D.   lights of the same wavelength appear to be the same color.

E.   lights of different wavelengths appear to be different colors.

A.   cones.

B.   trichromatic color cells.

C.   complex cortical color cells.

D.   simple cortical color cells.

E.   dual-opponent color cells.

A.   association cortex.

B.   primary visual cortex.

C.   the occipital lobe.

D.   secondary visual cortex.

E.   the parietal lobe.

A.   primary visual cortex.

B.   association cortex.

C.   secondary visual cortex.

D.   paleocortex.

E.   primary cortex.

A.   hemianopsia.

B.   binding.

C.   serial processing.

D.   completion.

E.   hindsight.

A.   posterior parietal cortex then to inferotemporal cortex.

B.   inferotemporal cortex then to prestriate cortex.

C.   inferotemporal cortex then to posterior parietal cortex.

D.   dorsal prestriate cortex then to posterior parietal cortex.

E.   dorsal prestriate cortex then to inferotemporal cortex.

A.   dorsal stream is to ventral stream.

B.   ventral stream is to dorsal stream.

C.   agnosia is to blindsight.

D.   visual perception is to spatial perception.

E.   contrast vision is to color vision.

A.   recognize parts of faces.

B.   distinguish among similar members of complex classes of visual stimuli.

C.   recognize specific names of faces.

D.   recognize cows and birds.

E.   distinguish among similar individuals.

A.   V3.

B.   posterior parietal cortex.

C.   MT/V5.

D.   the dorsal route.

E.   primary visual cortex.

A.   retinal damage.

B.   primary visual cortex damage.

C.   collicular damage.

D.   thalamic damage.

E.   spinal damage.