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stage theory [′stāj ‚thē·ə·rē]

(neuroscience)

A theory of color vision which proposes that there are three or more types of cone receptors whose responses are conducted to higher visual centers, and that interactions occur at some stage along the conducting paths so that strong activity in one type of response inhibits that of other response paths. Also known as zone theory.

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