Pohl (1973) conducted a study of the "what" and "where" pathways in brain-lesioned monkeys using two different tasks: a landmark discrimination task, which required a visuospatial judgment, and an object discrimination task, which required object recognition. He found that monkeys with temporal lobe lesions became severely impaired in learning the ________ task but not the ________ task. Monkeys with posterior parietal lesions showed the ________ pattern of performance.
A)object discrimination; landmark discrimination; same
B)landmark discrimination; object discrimination; same
C)object discrimination; landmark discrimination; opposite
D)landmark discrimination; object discrimination; opposite

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Monkeys with temporal lobe lesions were impaired in the object discrimination task, which involves object recognition, but not in the landmark discrimination task. Monkeys with posterior parietal lesions showed the opposite pattern, being impaired in the landmark discrimination task, which involves visuospatial judgment.

Pohl (1973) Conducted a Study of the "What" and "Where