The results of Gauthier's "Greeble" experiment illustrates ___.

a. that neurons specialized to respond to faces are present in our brains when we are born

b. that training a monkey to recognize the difference between common objects can influence how the monkey's neurons fire to these objects

c. an effect of experience-dependent plasticity that our nervous systems remain fairly stable in different environments.

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Malik Murphy

1 August, 14:53

The results of Gauthier's "Greeble" experiment illustrates ___.

a. that neurons specialized to respond to faces are present in our brains when we are born

b. that training a monkey to recognize the difference between common objects can influence how the monkey's neurons fire to these objects

c. an effect of experience-dependent plasticity that our nervous systems remain fairly stable in different environments.

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Brennan · Answer 1

Answer: Option C.

An effect of experience dependent plasticity.

The optionC is mixed up with D. Option D should start from "that our 'nervous

Explanation:

The Greeble experiment was performed by Isabel Gauthier, a cognitive neuroscientist from Yale university. The Greebles is all about the invented novel objects used as stumli in the studies of psychology and recognition of face. The experiment illustrate an effect of experience dependent plasticity.