Petra looked directly into a very bright light and damaged her retina. The ophthalmologist has told her that she has sustained massive damage to her cones, but for the most part her rods have not been affected. One change that you could predict for Petra's vision is that she will now have
A) poor vision in low illumination.
B) poor peripheral vision.
C) no color vision.
D) more accurate depth perception.

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Cones are responsible for color vision, so damage to them would result in a loss of color vision.

Petra Looked Directly into a Very Bright Light and Damaged