Blind-Sight Patients Seem Able to Make Many Visual Discriminations And

question 26

Multiple Choice

Blind-sight patients seem able to make many visual discriminations and, when pressed, to locate objects in their visual environment. Yet these same patients cannot walk across a room without bumping into something. The text suggests that blind-sight patients

• A) are able to make discriminations only when the stimuli are particularly clear.
• B) can make discriminations only in controlled laboratory conditions.
• C) do not feel they have a reason or justification for using the information that is apparently available to them.
• D) tend to rely on routine rather than use the information that is apparently available to them.

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