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Pineapplelove6

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on: Aug 23, 2018
The white matter area of the brain shows deterioration with increasing age. A neuroimaging method called assesses the rate and direction that water diffuses through the white matter.
 
  a. fMRI
  b. white matter hyperintensities
  c. CT scan
  d. diffusion tensor imaging

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The areas of the brain related to sensory functions, such as the visual cortex, show relatively little
 
  a. shrinkage.
  b. improvement across the life span.
  c. white matter.
  d. intensity.


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milbourne11

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Reply #1 on: Aug 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: d

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: a


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Reply 2 on: Aug 23, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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