An individual who could trace a picture of a bicycle with his or her finger but could not recognize it as a bicycle is most likely to have sustained damage to the __________.
A) calcarine cortex
B) primary visual cortex
C) lateral geniculate body
D) visual association area

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The ability to trace a picture of a bicycle with their finger indicates that the individual has intact visual perception, but the inability to recognize it suggests damage to the higher-order visual processing regions such as the visual association area. The calcarine cortex (A) and primary visual cortex (B) are involved in early visual processing but not higher-order visual processing, while the lateral geniculate body (C) serves as a relay for visual information to the visual cortex.

An Individual Who Could Trace a Picture of a Bicycle