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  2. Opponent process - Wikipedia

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    The opponent process is a color theory that states that the human visual system interprets information about color by processing signals from photoreceptor cells in ...

  3. Opponent-process theory - Wikipedia

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    This opponent process sets in after the primary process is quieted. With repeated exposure, the primary process becomes weaker while the opponent process is strengthened. [8] The most important contribution is Solomon's findings on work motivation and addictive behavior. According to opponent-process theory, drug addiction is the result of an ...

  4. Visual perception - Wikipedia

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    The first color in the name of the ganglion cell is the color that excites it and the second is the color that inhibits it. i.e.: A red cone would excite the red/green ganglion cell and the green cone would inhibit the red/green ganglion cell. This is an opponent process. If the rate of firing of a red/green ganglion cell is increased, the ...

  5. Impossible color - Wikipedia

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    The direct trichromatic description of vision cannot explain these colors, which can involve saturation signals outside the physical gamut imposed by the trichromatic model. Opponent process color theories, which treat intensity and chroma as separate visual signals, provide a biophysical explanation of these chimerical colors. [7]

  6. File:Opponent process contrast sensitivity functions.svg

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  7. List of paradoxes - Wikipedia

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    Ironic process theory: Ironic processing is the psychological process whereby an individual's deliberate attempts to suppress or avoid certain thoughts (thought suppression) renders those thoughts more persistent. Meat paradox: People care about animals, but embrace diets that involve harming them.

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  9. File:Opponent process theory of drug addiction.svg - Wikipedia

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