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Zulu123

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on: Jun 22, 2018
The fact that left-hemisphere damage disrupts American Sign Language but not pantomime gestures supports the __________ theory of cerebral asymmetry.
 
  A) analytic-synthetic
  B) motor
  C) linguistic
  D) synthetic-analytic
  E) Wernicke-Geschwind

Question 2

The case of W.L., the man who experienced aphasia for sign language, demonstrates that left hemisphere damage can disrupt __________ gestures without disrupting __________ gestures.
 
  A) linguistic; pantomime
  B) linguistic; language
  C) pantomime; linguistic
  D) linguistic; sign language
  E) pantomime; sign language


moormoney

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

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A


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