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jon_i

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Kapur (1997) studied the effects of brain damage on doctors and scientists. He concluded that
 
  A) they displayed a remarkable degree of recovery of lost cognitive functions.
  B) their cognitive reserve allowed them to compensate for their cognitive deficits by accomplishing cognitive tasks in alternative ways, even though they did not recover lost functions.
  C) their cognitive deficits were greater because they had more to lose.
  D) doctors recover more than scientists.
  E) scientists recover more than doctors.

Question 2

The main evidence that collateral sprouting is a mechanism of neural reorganization after brain damage is that reorganizational effects are sometimes
 
  A) very fast.
  B) too large to be mediated by release from inhibition of existing circuits.
  C) associated with the basal forebrain.
  D) triggered by damage.
  E) topographic.


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Kjones0604

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B


jon_i

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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