You are carrying out an eye-tracking experiment using this display. The longer eye fixation on the parrot compared to the nickel at the prompt Pick up the carrot is best explained by the model

McGurk model

Explanation:

McGurk model postulates the relationship between human speech perception and what is heard or visible. Its clearly demonstrated how the the visual information can influence auditory information and perception. In clear simpler way, the perception received when seeing a person speak will be different from the perception gotten without visual fixation on the speaker

answer; the hypothalamus;