In an Experiment with Patients, a Group of Researchers Used

question 32

Multiple Choice

In an experiment with patients, a group of researchers used nonlinguistic hierarchical shape stimuli such as the example here. How did the results differ from those obtained with hierarchical letter stimuli?

• A)The results were the same regardless of whether letter stimuli or shape stimuli were used.
• B)Neither patient group showed any local impairment when shape stimuli were used instead of letters.
• C)Neither patient group showed any global impairment when shape stimuli were used instead of letters.
• D)Neither patient group showed global or local impairment when shape stimuli were used instead of letters.

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