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31. Suppose I have an equivalent level of activity response among short-, medium-, and long-type photoreceptors and perceive white. Now, consider the following table describing the relative level of activity associated with the perception of "blue" and "yellow" Short Large Very small Photoreceptor Response Medium Small Large Long Smaller Large Blue Yellow Blue + Yellow If I were to mix blue and yellow light in order to mimic "white", what would the relative pattern of activity responses be among the short-, medium-, and long- photoreceptors? a. They would be similar across all types b. Large Medium Small c. Small Medium Large d. Small Large Small

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For blue+yellow light mixture-
For short photoreceptors, Blue will be dominant and will have Large response. Yellow will be compartiviely insignificant.
For medium and Long photoreceptors, Yellow will be dominant and will have Large response. Blue will be compartiviely insignificant.

So in effect, all three photoreceptors will have a Large and thus will have similar response. Thus option a would be correct.

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