If you were to use a brain imaging device to observe the brain activity of children as they were drawing and putting puzzles together, you would expect to see the most neural activity in which region of the brain?
A) in the right hemisphere
B) in the left hemisphere
C) in both left and right hemispheres, in roughly equal amounts
D) in neither the left nor right hemisphere, since visual tasks are coordinated by the cerebellum

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The left hemisphere generally is lateralized for skills that involve logical and sequential operations, such as writing, scientific reasoning, and quantitative logic. For most people, the right hemisphere is lateralized for spatial processing and for the more artistic and creative kinds of thought. Because drawing requires artistic and creative thought and putting puzzles together requires social processing, the correct answer is the right hemisphere.

If You Were to Use a Brain Imaging Device to Observe