The newspaper contains a report of a research team in Europe that has found a brain area in a group of schizophrenic patients that is smaller than the same area in normal individuals.The article was written by a well-known science writer who has a keen understanding of schizophrenia.What is he likely to conclude?

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The fact that the research team found a smaller brain area in schizophrenic patients than in normal individuals suggests that there could be a correlation between this brain area and the disorder. However, schizophrenia is a complex disorder, and it is unlikely that it can be traced to a single brain site. This conclusion aligns with the well-known science writer's keen understanding of schizophrenia. Option A is unlikely because the article did not mention dietary factors as a cause for the differences in brain size. Option C is unlikely because the research team would have taken into account differences in the size of the individuals that made up the respective groups. Option D is unlikely because the article stated that the differences were found in a group of schizophrenic patients, not as a result of drug treatments for the disorder.

The Newspaper Contains a Report of a Research Team in Europe