The dorsal pathway projects to the _____________ lobe, and processes information about the _____________ of objects.

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The question asks about the dorsal pathway and what it projects to and processes. 
Option 1: 'parietal; identity'—This would imply the dorsal stream encodes where the object is but also its identity, which is more characteristic of the ventral stream. The parietal lobe is tied to spatial processing, not primarily to identity recognition. So this pairing mismatches the established division of labor between streams.
Option 2: 'temporal; identity'—The temporal lobe is indeed associated with object identity (the ventral stream), but the dorsal pathway does not project to the temporal lobe for location or identity processing. This option blends a ventral-stream destination with a dorsal-stream function, which is inconsistent with the known dorsal pathway anatomy.
Option 3: 'parietal; location'—The dorsal pathway projects to the parietal lobe and is involved in processing spatial attributes, including the location of objects in space. This pairing aligns with the classic understanding that the dorsal stream computes 'where' or 'how' information.
Option 4: 'temporal; location'—Locational processing is not primarily associated with the temporal lobe in the context of the dorsal pathway; the temporal lobe handles more object characteristics like identity. This option assigns location processing to the wrong cortical target for the dorsal stream.
In summary, only the pairing that links the dorsal pathway to the parietal lobe and to location-based information fits the standard model of the brain’s dorsal versus ventral streams, with the parietal lobe supporting spatial location processing rather than object identity.

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