Blake and Hirsch (1975) use selective rearing of kittens to show that _____.
A) kittens are born with fully developed binocular cells
B) binocular neurons are not necessary for stereopsis
C) disparity-selective neurons are responsible for stereopsis
D) severing the optic chiasm increases the number of binocular cells

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Blake and Hirsch (1975) demonstrated through their selective rearing experiments with kittens that disparity-selective neurons, which respond to differences in images between the two eyes, are crucial for stereopsis, the perception of depth.

Blake and Hirsch (1975) Use Selective Rearing of Kittens to Show