A Behavioural Neuroscientist Wishes to Study the Potential of a New

question 35

Multiple Choice

A behavioural neuroscientist wishes to study the potential of a new technology for restoring vision in people with damage to a specific region of the brain.Neuropsychologists have already done work with humans who have damage to that region and their results are encouraging but the number of people available for testing is too small to make definitive conclusions.The researcher proposes testing the effect of the technology on monkeys.In order to do that test she has to damage part of the brain of the monkeys and then check if the technology restores vision.Which of the following statements is true?

• A)This research should be done with rats to reduce the public protest.
• B)This research could be stopped if it becomes apparent that the technology is not effective.
• C)This research should be done with cats to reduce the public protest.
• D)The research can be done with monkeys providing no-one mentions this outside the laboratory.
• E)This research should only be conducted if the researcher sincerely believes it can work, and not just to show that a treatment proposed by someone else cannot work.