The parvocellular pathway from lateral geniculate nucleus to visual coex is most sensitive for the stimulus of:: (A) Color contrast, (B) Luminance contrast, (C) Temporal frequency, (D) Saccadic eye movements
Answer is A. Parvocellular pathway is for color vision, texture, shape, fine detail and Magnocellular pathway is for detection of movement, depth, flickers. Ref: Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology, 21st Edition, Page 163