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809779 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

As Charlie reads his science textbook, he encounters the word ecology for the first time and uses the context to figure out what the word means. Given what we know about how the brain functions, we could reasonably assume that:

a. He is thinking primarily in his right hemisphere.
b. Many parts of his brain are involved in this task.
c. Most of his mental work is done in his midbrain.
d. Most of his mental work is done in the occipital lobes, at the back of his brain.

Question 2

Seventeen-year-old Jonathan has suddenly started hearing scary voices in his head, and he worries that someone is out to get him. Which one of the following brain abnormalities might we suspect?

a. Neurofibromatosis
b. Schizophrenia
c. Turner syndrome
d. Fetal alcohol syndrome