After a traffic accident, a patient was diagnosed as having damage to parts of the primary visual cortex of the brain. Such damage will:

A. usually affect one eye
B. always result in total blindness
C. result in an inability to recognize objects
D. result in the loss of sight in spots of the patient's visual field


Answer: D

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