Question 1

Compared with right-handers, left-handers are

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Question 2

Deaf people who use sign language typically

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Deaf people who use sign language process language in their left cerebral hemisphere, just like hearing people process spoken language. This has been shown through studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to observe brain activity during language tasks. The other answer choices are not supported by research evidence.

Question 3

Describe how an understanding of both a normally functioning brain and a split brain enables us to better appreciate the fact that most information processing takes place outside of conscious awareness.

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Question 4

When a person speaks, brain waves and bloodflow are especially likely to reveal increased activity in the

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The left hemisphere of the brain is responsible for language processing, including speaking and understanding speech. Therefore, when a person speaks, there is likely to be increased activity in the left hemisphere. Brain waves and blood flow can both indicate this increased activity.

Question 5

People who suffer partial paralysis will sometimes obstinately claim they can move a paralyzed limb if they have suffered damage to the

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Damage to the right cerebral hemisphere can lead to a condition called anosognosia, where individuals are unaware of their disabilities, such as paralysis, and may claim they can move a paralyzed limb.

Question 6

After suffering a head injury in an auto accident, Alyssa says that she remembers what her mother looks like, and she can accurately recall many of her mother's distinctive facial features. However, when she is shown pictures of her mother, Alyssa is unable to recognize who it is, even though she can see clearly. Use your understanding of the functioning brain to account for Alyssa's strange pattern of experience.

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Question 7

Left-handedness is ________ common than usual among mathematicians and ________ common than usual among artists.

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Left-handedness is more common than usual among both mathematicians and artists, suggesting a link between left-handedness and creativity or spatial reasoning.

Question 8

Left handedness is ________ common among males than females, and in both right- and left-handers the left hemisphere tends to be slightly ________ than the right hemisphere.

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Left-handedness is more common among males than females, and in both right- and left-handers, the left hemisphere of the brain tends to be slightly larger than the right hemisphere.

Question 9

In Roger Sperry's view, the brain creates and controls the mind, which in turn influences the brain. Sperry understands the mind and brain as a

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Roger Sperry's view suggests that the mind and brain are interdependent and cannot be separated. Together, they form a holistic system, rather than a machine or reward center.

Quiz 6: The Cerebral Cortex and Our Divided Brain