Patients Who Have Experienced Damage to the Striate Cortex Sometimes

question 58

Multiple Choice

Patients who have experienced damage to the striate cortex sometimes show a phenomenon known as blind sight. In this case, MOST patients

• A) can consciously see where an object is but cannot identify it.
• B) can consciously report the identity of an object but not where it is located.
• C) are blind yet incorrectly report that they can see the identity and location of an object.
• D) often guess correctly in response to what they have seen or where an object is located even though they report that they cannot see it.

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