Franz and Colleagues (1996)asked a Patient Who Had Had His

question 41

Multiple Choice

Franz and colleagues (1996) asked a patient who had had his corpus callosum surgically severed to draw figures like the ones here,each simultaneously with a different hand.

Compared to neurologically intact control participants,they found that this patient

• A)was better at producing movements simultaneously with both hands,even when they differed in direction.
• B)was selectively impaired when simultaneously producing movements with each hand when they differed in direction.
• C)performed poorly and was especially impaired when the figures closely resembled each other.
• D)was better at producing movements simultaneously with both hands only when they differed in direction.

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Definitions:

Acquiring

The act of obtaining ownership or control of something, often relating to assets or companies.

Enduring Information

Knowledge or data that remains applicable and useful over a long period of time, withstanding changes in context or circumstances.

Learning

The process of acquiring knowledge, skills, values, or behaviors through study, experience, or teaching.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired: a response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.