Opponent-Process+Theory

toc = Definition: = The theory of color vision suggesting that three kinds of cells respond by increasing or decreasing their rate of firing when different colors are present. pp. 77 Gen Psych Chapter 3,

= Examples: = The opponent-process theory is supported by the afterimage, where after you have stared at one color in an opponent-process pair, the cell responding to that color tires and the opponent cell begins to fire, producing the afterimage. (i.e. American flag picture)

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= Mnemonics: = Opponent = opposite (each cell has two opposite colors)

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