Mallory is looking at a painting in the campus fine-arts museum. The orientations of the lines and edges in the painting are processed in the _______ areas in her occipital lobe, while the colors and more complex patterns are processed in the _________ areas in the occipital lobe.
A) central visual; peripheral visual
B) secondary visual; primary visual
C) primary visual; association
D) association; primary visual

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The primary visual cortex processes basic features of visual information, such as lines and edges, while the association cortex processes more complex features, such as color and patterns. Therefore, option C is the best choice as it correctly identifies the two different areas in the occipital lobe that are responsible for processing different types of visual information.

Mallory Is Looking at a Painting in the Campus Fine-Arts