When Ganel and Goodale asked participants to judge whether
wooden blocks of varying lengths were "wide" or "narrow,"
participants found the task difficult. When asked to grasp the blocks
across the middle
a. participants made errors as a function of the length of the blocks.
b. participants had difficulty judging where the "middle" was.
c. participants' grasping actions were not affected by variations in the length of the blocks.
d. the top hat illusion led participants to misjudge the width of the blocks.
e. the task led participants to change their grasp when this wasn't needed.
c. participants' grasping actions were not affected by variations in
the length of the blocks.
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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