A kitten is deprived of visual stimulation in one eye for th…
A kitten is deprived of visual stimulation in one eye for the first 2 months of life by monocular eyelid closure. The lid suture is then removed permanently. After the cat reaches adulthood, you record action potentials from neurons in the visual cortex in response to visual stimuli presented separately to the two eyes. Which outcome would you expect?
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In humans, compared with an untreated congenital monocular cataract, an untreated congenital binocular cataract is more detrimental to visual processing, even when the opacities are removed during adulthood, because of which of the following?
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