Shown Here Is an Example of a Stimulus Used by Kosslyn

Multiple Choice

Shown here is an example of a stimulus used by Kosslyn and colleagues (1989) in experiments asking participants to judge whether the dot should be categorized as being above or below the line.It was found that performance on the task was faster when the stimulus was presented in the right visual field.Although one interpretation may be that the left hemisphere is specialized for categorical processing,an alternative explanation is that this task

A) may require the analysis of relatively high-spatial-frequency information.
B) is easy,and the left hemisphere is specialized to complete relatively easy cognitive tasks.
C) selectively involves the processing of global structure.
D) involves abstract shapes rather than linguistic stimuli.