Damasio and colleagues (1996)were confident that their results were specific to word retrieval processes rather than involving a general object recognition problem because
A)all of the patients in the study had brain lesions limited to the left hemisphere.
B)all of the patients in the study had already been diagnosed with some form of visual agnosia.
C)responses were included in scoring the naming task only if the patients could describe features of the item other than its name.
D)responses were included in scoring the naming task only if the patients could accurately copy and draw the stimulus items.

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The researchers included a specific criterion for scoring the naming task, which required patients to describe features of the item other than its name in order for their response to count as successful naming. This ensured that the results were specific to word retrieval processes rather than involving a general object recognition problem.

Damasio and Colleagues (1996)were Confident That Their Results Were Specific