In explaining color vision, contemporary researchers claim that at the level of the cones, color vision occurs via a(n) _____ process, but in the thalamus and visual cortex, the process is a(n) _____ one.
A)opponent process; trichromatic
B)trichromatic; opponent process
C)trichromatic; additive
D)opponent; subtractive

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Contemporary researchers explain color vision as occurring through a trichromatic process at the level of the cones, where three types of cones respond to different wavelengths of light (red, green, blue). However, in the thalamus and visual cortex, color vision is explained by the opponent process theory, where colors are perceived in terms of opposing pairs (red-green, blue-yellow, and black-white).

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