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KimWrice

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Tan, a patient of Broca's who had severe speech problems, was capable of uttering only one syllable Tan (hence the name). After Tan's death, examination of his brain revealed a number of lesions in the frontal lobe. It was ascertained from this that parts of the frontal lobe are important for speech production. Gathering knowledge from someone about brain function after death with known difficulties is an example of ____.
 
  a. Broca's technique
 b. brain capacity functional analysis
  c. in vivo techniques
 d. postmortem studies

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT an in vivo technique for viewing the structures and functions of the brain?
 
  a. recording the electrical activity of the brain
 b. still-imaging of the brain (e.g., CT scan, MRI scan)
 c. examining how radioactive material is transported and used in the brain
  d. dissecting the brain to locate possible lesions


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matt95

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

d

Answer to Question 2

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KimWrice

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Gracias!

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