Ungerleider and Mishkin's (1982) studies on the dorsal pathway showed that lesions in the parietal cortex led to an inability to carry out tasks related to knowing the:
A) "what" of the object.
B) "when" of the action.
C) "where" of the object.
D) "who" of the action.

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Ungerleider and Mishkin's studies on the dorsal pathway, which involves the parietal cortex, demonstrated that lesions in this area impair spatial processing abilities, specifically affecting the ability to understand the "where" (location) of objects in space. This contrasts with the ventral pathway, which is associated with object recognition ("what").

Ungerleider and Mishkin's (1982) Studies on the Dorsal Pathway Showed