A Patient with Visual Agnosia May Be Able to Reach

question 12

Multiple Choice

A patient with visual agnosia may be able to reach for and grab an object,but unable to tell you what it is.How can this happen?

• A) Activation-synthesis has failed to activate.
• B) The grasping behaviour was accidental.
• C) The patient actually suffers from blindsight.
• D) The patient is likely not telling the truth-they know what the object is.
• E) There is more than one neural pathway for the processing of visual information.

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