In Ungerleider and Mishkin's (1982)study of the ventral and dorsal pathways,monkeys were trained to find food in a covered bin using either a landmark or an object to identify the correct bin.Following lesions of the inferotemporal cortex they were no longer able to successfully
A)do the landmark task.
B)do the object task.
C)do either the landmark or object task.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The inferotemporal cortex is part of the ventral stream ("what pathway") in the brain, which is involved in object recognition. Lesions in this area would impair the ability to recognize objects, thus affecting the performance in tasks requiring object identification, like the object task in Ungerleider and Mishkin's study.

In Ungerleider and Mishkin's (1982)study of the Ventral and Dorsal