Kuffler's experiments on cat retinas revealed that each retinal ganglion cell has a receptive field composed of
A) adjacent retinal ganglion cells.
B) a group of photoreceptors that respond to a portion of the visual field.
C) a group of photoreceptors and the ganglion cells with which they synapse.
D) a photoreceptor that responds to a single spot of light.
E) a group of binocular cells.

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Kuffler's experiments showed that the receptive field of each retinal ganglion cell is composed of a group of photoreceptors that respond to a specific portion of the visual field, demonstrating how visual information is processed in a distributed manner across the retina.

Kuffler's Experiments on Cat Retinas Revealed That Each Retinal Ganglion