After suffering stroke damage to specific areas of her brain, Mrs. M. cannot visually perceive the motion of objects, though she can visually perceive their form, color, and depth. Her experience best illustrates the role of ________ in visual perception.

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Parallel processing refers to the brain's ability to simultaneously process multiple aspects of sensory information, such as form, color, depth, and motion. Mrs. M.'s ability to perceive form, color, and depth but not motion indicates that her brain's motion processing area has been damaged, while her parallel processing abilities remain intact.

After Suffering Stroke Damage to Specific Areas of Her Brain