Wiesel and Hubel (1963) Deprived Kittens of Visual Experience in One

Multiple Choice

Wiesel and Hubel (1963) deprived kittens of visual experience in one eye (monocular deprivation) .The other eye allowed the kittens to interact normally with their environment.Later, Wiesel and Hubel looked at the receptive fields of neurons in the kittens' V1s.What did they find?

A) Genetic factors were the largest predictor of vision in cats.
B) Monocular deprivation resulted in a reduction in the number of cells that responded to the deprived eye and fewer cells that responded to both eyes.
C) Only when both eyes were deprived of visual input was there any change in function.
D) Monocular deprivation appeared to change the cats' visual behavior without altering receptive fields in the cats' visual cortexes.