All of the Following Statements Are True of Patients with Unilateral

question 24

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements are true of patients with unilateral neglect syndrome EXCEPT

• A) in general, they seem to ignore half of the world.
• B) when their attention is directed toward a particular object, it often stays with that object.
• C) if an object previously attended to is moved into the ignored half of the world, patients will start to ignore the object.
• D) when asked to cross out all the letter E's on a page, patients with damage to the right parietal lobe will cross out only the E's on the right side of the page.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reward or punishment.

Classical Conditioning

A training technique in which pairing two signals repeatedly results in a response, which initially is produced by the second signal, being eventually induced by only the first signal.

Insight

The ability to gain an accurate and deep understanding of someone or something, often leading to a new perspective or solution.

Master Clock

A primary clock that coordinates and regulates the timing of biological rhythms and cycles in an organism.