Opponent-process Theory

Opponent-process theory is a psychological and neurological model proposed in 1878 by Ewald Hering, a German physiologist, to account for a wide range of behaviors, including color vision; this model was expanded by psychologist Richard Solomon to explain opponent process theory.

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