In an Experiment Testing Their Views About Hemispheric Specialization,Wolford and Colleagues

question 49

Multiple Choice

In an experiment testing their views about hemispheric specialization,Wolford and colleagues (2000) presented the visual fields of split-brain patients with red stimuli on 75% of the trials and with green stimuli on 25% of the trials.The predictions made by the patients concerning whether a red or green stimulus would occur on the next trial suggested that the ________ hemisphere tends to take a ________ strategy,which in this case meant guessing red on every trial.

• A)left / matching
• B)left / maximizing
• C)right / matching
• D)right / maximizing

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