Beck, Muggleton, Walsh, and Lavie (2006) used transcranial magnetic stimulation to examine change blindness. They tried various combinations of inhibiting the parietal lobes of participants while those participants were doing a change-blindness task. They found that ______.
A. interrupting the function of the left parietal lobe increased change blindness
B. activation of both the right and left parietal lobe decreased change blindness
C. activation of both the right and left parietal lobe increased change blindness
D. interrupting the function of the right parietal lobe increased change blindness
Answer: D
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