The Study by O'Connor Et Al

question 55

Multiple Choice

The study by O'Connor et al.(2002) ,which used fMRI to investigate the effects of attention on the activity level of the left or right lateral geniculate nucleus,found that

• A)as long as the direction of gaze did not change the activity levels from left to right LGN did not change.
• B)the activity levels from left to right LGN did not change when the direction of gaze changed.
• C)even when the direction of gaze did not change the activity levels from left to right LGN changed due to the direction of attention.

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