In Their Experiments on the Brain and Perceptual Features, Blakemore

question 434

Multiple Choice

In their experiments on the brain and perceptual features, Blakemore, Cooper, Grobstein, and Chow found that the kittens raised in the vertically-striped rooms

• A)bumped into chair legs.
• B)missed when they tried to jump to horizontal surfaces.
• C)had difficulty walking in a straight line.
• D)experienced no difficulty in any visual task since the eyes easily adapt.

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