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tiffannnnyyyyyy

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Which statement regarding the brain structures involved in language is true?
 
  a. The superior temporal sulcus is sensitive to speech sounds.
 b. Broca's and Wernicke's area control virtually all language processing.
 c. Lesions to the left temporal cortex do not affect language ability.
 d. Women show more left-hemisphere dominance for linguistic function than men.

Question 2

Investigations by Herbert Terrace (1987) involving the chimpanzee, Nim Chimpsky, revealed that after several years of training of a simplified version of ASL (American Sign Language), Nim ____.
 
  a. had verbal ability equivalent to that of a teenager
 b. could only learn a few signs
 c. could not communicate at all using the sign system
  d. had virtually no understanding of syntactic structure


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gasdhashg

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

a

Answer to Question 2

d


tiffannnnyyyyyy

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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