Normally, the pineal gland governs a person's sleep-wake cycle by secreting melatonin in response to the daily cycle of light and darkness as detected by the eye. Nonetheless, many people who are totally blind due to lesions in the visual cortex of the brain easily maintain a 24-hour sleep-wake cycle. So the neural pathway by which the pineal gland receives information from the eye probably does not pass through the visual cortex.
For purposes of evaluating the argument it would be most useful to establish which of the following?
(A) Whether melatonin supplements help people who have difficulty maintaining a 24-hour sleep cycle to establish such a pattern
(B) Whether the melatonin levels of most totally blind people who successfully maintain a 24-hour sleep-wake cycle change in response to changes in exposure to light and darkness
(C) Whether melatonin is the only substance secreted by the pineal gland
(D) Whether most people who do not have a 24-hour sleep-wake cycle nevertheless have a cycle of consistent duration
(E) Whether there are any people with normal vision whose melatonin levels respond abnormally to periods of light and darkness
I chose E because if in people with normal eyes there is abnormality in response of melatonin level to light and darkness it implies that not information to glands is not passed through visual cortex but by some other means.
I don't know where i went wrong.
As answer is B
For purposes of evaluating the argument it would be most useful to establish which of the following?
(A) Whether melatonin supplements help people who have difficulty maintaining a 24-hour sleep cycle to establish such a pattern
(B) Whether the melatonin levels of most totally blind people who successfully maintain a 24-hour sleep-wake cycle change in response to changes in exposure to light and darkness
(C) Whether melatonin is the only substance secreted by the pineal gland
(D) Whether most people who do not have a 24-hour sleep-wake cycle nevertheless have a cycle of consistent duration
(E) Whether there are any people with normal vision whose melatonin levels respond abnormally to periods of light and darkness
I chose E because if in people with normal eyes there is abnormality in response of melatonin level to light and darkness it implies that not information to glands is not passed through visual cortex but by some other means.
I don't know where i went wrong.
As answer is B
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