Your Friend Is Doing a Series of Visual Tasks

question 33

Multiple Choice

Your friend is doing a series of visual tasks.In one task,she had to track an object sliding across the screen (slide task) .In another task,she had to track an object that popped up on the screen and then disappeared (pop task) .According to a brain scan taken during the tasks,her left inferior parietal lobule and right precentral gyrus showed greater activation during the slide task than during the pop task.What does this mean?

• A)Your friend found the slide task easier than the pop task.
• B)Your friend found the slide task more difficult than the pop task.
• C)Your friend was better at the slide task than at the pop task.
• D)Your friend was worse at the slide task than at the pop task.
• E)Your friend was more confused during the slide task than during the pop task.

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Definitions:

American Law Institute (ALI) Rule

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M'Naghten Rule

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Durham Rule

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