Match the theories with the appropriate person(s).
-visual cliff apparatus
A)Hubel and Wiesel
B)Young and Helmholtz
C)Johannes Müller
D)Walk and Gibson
E)Melzack and Wall

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Walk and Gibson developed the visual cliff apparatus to study depth perception in infants and animals.

Answer: A
 Hubel and Wiesel studied the visual cortex of the brain and discovered cells known as feature detectors that respond to specific visual stimuli.

Answer: B
 Young and Helmholtz developed the trichromatic theory of color vision, which suggests that the eye has three types of color receptors.

Answer: E
 Melzack and Wall developed the gate control theory of pain, which suggests that pain signals are not directly transmitted to the brain but are modulated by neural gates in the spinal cord.

Answer: C
 Johannes Müller is known for his work on the doctrine of specific nerve energies, which suggests that different types of sensory information are transmitted by different types of nerve fibers.

Match the Theories with the Appropriate Person(s)