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Which of the following is not true concerning brain structure and cognitive functioning?
 
  a. The left and right brain hemispheres have somewhat different functions.
  b. Complex functions typically depend on circuits rather than single brain sites.
  c. The grammar and syntax of a second language cannot be learned fluently unless language
  study begins in childhood.
  d. Young children typically have many more synapses than adults.

Question 2

What terms are more closely associated with mind rather than with brain?
 
  a. dendrite and synapse
  b. long-term memory and short-term (working) memory
  c. action potential and depolarization
  d. cerebral cortex and Broca's area


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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

B


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Reply #2 on: Jun 20, 2018
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