It is difficult to draw cause-and-effect statements from an interruption of function due to a lesion in a particular part of the brain since other parts of the brain may also be involved with that function.In evaluating hypotheses about neuropathologies,scientists look for ______ or different neuropathologies in which the individuals demonstrate an opposite pattern of deficits.
A)hypermnesia
B)intrahemispheric activation
C)paired-associates
D)double dissociations

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Double dissociations involve studying two separate neuropathologies that affect different parts of the brain and have opposite impacts on a particular function. This allows scientists to draw more definitive cause-and-effect statements about the function of different brain regions. Choices A, B, and C are not relevant to this concept.

It Is Difficult to Draw Cause-And-Effect Statements from an Interruption