The Available Data from Patients with Brain Damage to Circuits

question 46

Multiple Choice

The available data from patients with brain damage to circuits controlling attention indicate that

• A) the brain mechanisms controlling attention are inseparable from the brain mechanisms directly involved in perception.
• B) multiple brain mechanisms are responsible for the control of attention.
• C) a single mechanism governs the ability to disengage attention from its current focus and the ability to lock into a new attention focus.
• D) the mechanisms controlling attention differ from one individual to the next.

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