Brigham and Women's Hospital conducted a study with two groups of participants.One group was allowed to experience deep sleep, while the other group was deprived of deep sleep.Next, participants in both groups completed a visual task.Results indicated that performance did improve on the visual task for participants in the group that experienced deep sleep.In this study, what was the dependent variable?

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The dependent variable in this study is the performance on the visual spatial task, as this is what was being measured and compared between the two groups. The independent variable is the condition of either experiencing deep sleep or being deprived of it. Options A and B are variations of the independent variable, while option D is not relevant as it was not being compared between the two groups in the study.

Brigham and Women's Hospital Conducted a Study with Two Groups