In Ungerleider and Mishkin's (1982) Study of the Ventral and Dorsal

question 21

Multiple Choice

In Ungerleider and Mishkin's (1982) study of the ventral and dorsal pathways in the brain, monkeys were trained to find food in a covered bin using either a landmark or an object to identify the correct bin. Following lesions of the inferotemporal cortex, they were no longer able to successfully:

• A) do the landmark task.
• B) do the object task.
• C) do either the landmark or object task.
• D) eat the food once it had been found.

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