What was the finding of the study by O'Craven,et al.(1999)regarding human attentional mechanisms?
A) Attentional mechanisms can choose from among different brain regions based on the current task.
B) Visual attention is more acute than auditory attention in the majority of tasks studied.
C) Non-human primates have greatly different parietal lobe functions.
D) Men have greater acuity in olfactory attentional mechanisms than do women.

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The study by O'Craven et al. (1999) found that attentional mechanisms can choose from among different brain regions based on the current task. Specifically, they found that when participants were instructed to perform a visual task, attentional mechanisms were more likely to select brain regions associated with visual processing, whereas when participants were instructed to perform an auditory task, attentional mechanisms were more likely to select brain regions associated with auditory processing.

What Was the Finding of the Study by O'Craven,et Al